Tuesday, May 26, 2009

The U.S. Military Burns Christian Bibles

No Freedom of Religion in the U.S. Military. That is unless you are an Atheist or a Muslim.

By de Andréa

An Obama Administration Pentagon spokesman has just acknowledged seizing and burning the privately owned Bibles of American soldiers serving in Afghanistan.

The Bibles had been printed in the local Pashto and Dari languages, and sent by private donors last year to American Christian soldiers and chaplains, for distribution to American troops on overseas military bases during optionally-attended Christian worship services. Had the Bibles not been recently seized and destroyed, they could have legally been given as gifts during off-duty time to Afghani citizens who welcome our troops in their homes, as an expression of American gratitude for Afghani hospitality, promoting the democratic ideals of freedom of religion and freedom of the press. But I guess that no longer really doesn’t exists in the U.S. military, or maybe not even in the U.S.

The Muslim controlled Al Jazeera television network obtained video footage of the Bibles, held by American soldiers while listening to a chaplain on the Bagram Air Base (inside the base chapel) whose sermon encouraged outreach and personal evangelism. The American values of freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of Christian speech offended some terrorist groups, and angered a small group of American atheists, who demanded the chaplain be punished for "proselytizing" because he simply repeated Jesus' words to "Go and make disciples of all nations" in church. (Can you imagine their outrage if we burned the Koran, instead of the Bible?)

IT'S NOT PROSELYTIZING, IT'S EVANGELISM:
Watch the video it proves the chaplain properly explained U.S. Central Command's General Order Number One, which prohibits "proselytizing" (forcing religious conversions by threats or weapons) but fully permits soldiers of any religion to engage in non-threatening "evangelism" (voluntary conversations about their faith) and legally allows giving private gifts, including books, to Afghani citizens during off-duty hours in their unofficial capacity. The Al Jazeera film-maker Brian Hughes also admitted the Bibles could have been useful in helping soldiers learn the Pashto and Dari languages of the Afghan people.

Instead, the privately owned Bibles were confiscated and destroyed. Caving in to pressure from the terrorist and Atheist groups, the U.S. military spokesman Maj. Jennifer Willis told Reuters reporters, "I can now confirm that the Bibles shown on Al Jazeera's clip were, in fact, collected by the chaplains and later destroyed. They were never distributed." When questioned about the authenticity of the Al Jazeera video, U.S. Army Colonel Greg Julian admitted the Al Jazeera reporting was biased against the American Christians: "Most of this is taken out of context ... this is irresponsible and inappropriate journalism."

The difference then and now
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR ENCOURAGED EVANGELISM
After World War II, in order to carry out the democratization of Japan, Five-Star General Of The Army Douglas MacArthur brought Christian leaders to the country to meet with Emperor Hirohito and encouraged mass distribution of Bibles to the population. MacArthur later stated to a visiting American churchman, "We must have ten thousand Christian missionaries and a million Bibles to complete the occupation of this land."

(Source: Rodger R. Venzke, Confidence In Battle - Inspiration In Peace, 1977, p.24-25.)

But today, instead of confronting Muslim and Atheist enemies of religious liberty, Our Muslim President al- Barrack Hussein Obammah who deceptively claims to be a Christian, had his Four-Star Admiral Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Mike Mullen now appearing to defend the destruction of the soldiers' privately owned Bibles, stating during a Pentagon briefing that the military's position is that it will never "push any specific religion." He did not address the possibility that by seizing and burning privately owned Bibles, the Obama Administration is now enforcing the state religion of atheism and or Islam upon our troops.

ATHEISTS JOIN MUSLIM TERRORISTS AGAINST LIBERTY
Aggressive anti-Christian secularist Mikey Weinstein immediately demanded the chaplain in the video be court-martialed for encouraging voluntary evangelism in church, despite the Pentagon's claim that same chaplain somehow assisted in confiscating the Bibles.

COURT-MARTIAL THE ARMY CHIEF OF CHAPLAINS
The favorite new ploy of Mikey Weinstein's anti-Christian group (Military Religious Freedom Foundation) is to frighten troops into silence by "demanding the court-martial" of any soldier or chaplain who talks publicly about his or her faith. For example, incredibly, Weinstein recently demanded the Army court-martial their Chief of Chaplains Major General Douglas Carver, because Chaplain Carver issued a proclamation calling for a day of prayer and fasting for our troops.

The Chief of Chaplains' proclamation called for voluntary prayer by chaplains of all diverse faiths to act "in keeping with your religious traditions," and support our troops who face difficult traumas, pressures, and temptations toward suicide. Carver consulted with two senior Jewish chaplains before issuing the proclamation.

But Mikey Weinstein claims that no chaplain can encourage prayer or Bible reading without violating what he pretends is a Constitutional mandate separating church from state. (To save my life, I can not find that part of the constitution, ‘anywhere’.) "These insightful actions are grossly offensive not only to Muslims in Afghanistan and across the world, but to all those who hold faith in the U.S. Constitution," said Weinstein of the troops' Bibles. (Weinstein must possess a very special version of the constitution, it may be one of those rare ‘one of a kind anti-American Atheist/Muslim copies that are now beginning to surface)

Ironically Weinstein's own web-site contains pictures of atheist soldiers, soliciting donations for Weinstein while wearing their full dress uniform, without any apparent legal disclaimer that their anti=American/anti-Christian views do not represent the views of the U.S. military.

THE BOTTOM LINE: I have to ask the obvious question, which is: What can one expect from a Muslim President???

It starts with the probation of Christian expression then the ‘burning of Bibles’, then Court Martials, then imprisonment, then beheading…

When are we going to express our outrage???

Jesus said about this situation: …”And let him who has no sword sell his mantle and buy one.’ Luke 22:36b RSV.

Maybe we should take Jesus seriously…

What do you think?

de Andréa

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I can tell you right now that our
country is under attack from deep
within...not from without. And the
attack king pin is Obama. He is not
a Christian..he is not even a man.
All that he does is done by deception and betrayal. Now he is
begining to introduce a million
strong YOUTH BRIGADE. This he has
been preparing for years. If your
child takes out a loan for college
he will automatically be required
to serve 3 years and cannot be involved in any political outcry
or religious affilliation..He cannot attend church...AMERICA,
don't you see where this is all
heading? I don't care if you are
black, yellow, red or white...you
will become a slave unto him and
his purposes. This will turn family
against family & friend against friend. Civil War is eminate. How
many times do we have to fight this foe? HOW MANY TIMES?!!
But this time the enemy is already
in control...
If you cannot see this or do not
feel this...CAREFULLY listen to
everything he says and keep abreast of all that he is doing
behind our backs.
Have we not brought this upon ourselves by turning to our godless ways and denying the Christ?! He gave his word that when we remember Him as the God
of this land we would remain a
free people in this, a Choice
Land above all other lands..BUT
if we should turn from Him, HE
would sweep us from off the face
of this land and bring another
people into possess it. And they
are coming, some are already here.
Will we not repent before it is
everlastingly to late?