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There has been a great deal of back and forth lately about freedom of religion in the military and how that applies to troops “sharing” their faith with their peers. As with most issues labeled as major battles in the “War on Religion”, the extremes are getting all of the attention and making this appear to be a far bigger […]
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Via the Military Times: Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz sent a servicewide memo Sept. 1 cautioning leaders at all levels to balance the Constitution’s protection of religious freedom and the prohibition on government intrusion. “We have seen instances where well-meaning commanders and senior noncommissioned officers appeared to advance a particular religious view among their subordinates, calling into […]
Read moreWith Pesach looming, I reprint this warning received by email: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Special/Petition/ To: Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Walmart Missionary Haggadahs Look Jewish by IsraelNN Staff A Jewish outreach organization has called on mainstream booksellers, including Barnes & Noble and Amazon, to remove a Christian missionary version of the traditional Passover Hagaddah from the Judaism sections of online and conventional bookstores. […]
Read moreAnd so it is that the distribution of Left Behind: Eternal Forces will not be distributed to service members. The article credits an ABC News inquiry, but Mikey Weinstein, the vigorous proponent of the separation of church and state and the founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, got the ball rolling once again on another case of tax-funded missionary […]
Read moreIt has come to my attention that Operation Straight Up, part of the Department of Defense’s America Supports You program, is distributing copies of their extremely creepy video game, Left Behind: Eternal Forces, to service members currently serving in Iraq. OSU makes no bones about its commitment to an end-times-focused brand of Christianity. The game, which plays like the pabulum […]
Read moreNavy vet: Chaplains tried converting me By William Petroski – The Des Moines Register Posted : Monday May 14, 2007 12:35:14 EDT Navy veteran David Miller said that when he checked into the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City, he didn’t realize he would get a hard sell for Christian fundamentalism along with treatment for his kidney stones. Miller, […]
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It’s hard enough fighting the fiery Evangelism that sometimes goes hand-in-hand with serving in the uniformed services. This story on blackanthem.com gives me pause. Full Article Though the article touches on his duties as a chaplain, which I’m sure are exemplary if he loves soldiers, I worry that to non-Jews, his status as a military chaplain confers a sense that […]
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