U.S. Military’s Middle East Crusade for Christ

[babylonsister]

U.S. Military’s Middle East Crusade for Christ
Submitted by davidswanson on Sun, 2008-06-08 18:25.


By Robert Weitzel


“They are proselytizing not on behalf of the Constitution of the United States . . . but rather on behalf of some sort of fanatical view of end times. And they are using our army to affect that.”
 -Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson-



Last August the watchdog group, Military Religious Freedom Foundation, foiled a Pentagon plan that would have allowed the shipment of “freedom packages” to soldiers and Marines in Iraq. The parcels were put together by the fundamentalist Christian ministry, Straight Up, and contained Bibles, proselytizing tracts in English and Arabic, and the apocalyptic “Left Behind” computer game, in which Christian Tribulation forces convert or kill infidels—nonbelievers, Muslims and Jews.

On May 1 the Senate approved the promotion of Brigadier General Robert L. Caslen Jr. to Major General. Currently the commandant of cadets at West Point, he will become the commander of the 25th Infantry Division. He is also president of the stridently fundamentalist Officer’s Christian Fellowship, whose vision is a “spiritually transformed military, with ambassadors for Christ in uniform, empowered by the Holy Spirit”

General Caslen was promoted despise the Defense Department’s recommended disciplinary action against him and several other senior military leaders because they had “improperly endorsed and participated with a nonfederal entity while in uniform” by participating in a promotional video for the Campus Crusade For Christ’s Christian
Embassy, an evangelical organization that ministers to Beltway politicians and sponsors weekly Bible studies at the Pentagon.

According to the DoD Inspector General’s report, one of the generals involved “asserted that Christian Embassy was treated as an instrumentality of the Pentagon Chaplain’s office for over 25 years, and had effectively become a ‘quasi federal entity.’” Arguably, he believed his participation in the video was in the line of duty.

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[Tesla]

1. like Jon Stewart asked Snotty

"Do they sit in a room and discuss this ?"

*-"Well, 911 didn't scare them enough..... now we need to bring on the "End Times"".(finger motion included)

Rev H.- "I'll write a book, what do you want it to say?"

*- "I can't come up with that kinda stuff, why don't you just write one and tell them they have to listen to us or DIE, cause you're awesome"

Rev H.- "I'll throw in my Rapture keychain when they order"

*_ "Can I get one of those for Laura?"

Rev H.- "Sure, they are only 5.99 with out the book, I take checks."

[ColbertWatcher]

2. I wonder if Judas' thirty pieces of silver...

...were inscribed like this:

[bdamomma]

3. this poisonous sign is creeping up everywhere in the Military branches

even in the Air Force.

[hootinholler]

4. It appears to have started in the Air Force...

It certainly has a very strong footing there. Check out the military religious freedom foundation.

Then check out theocracy watch dot org, to see where they came from and a guess at where they are trying to take us.

-Hoot