Religions > Atheism > Inquiry Sought Over Evangelical Video Defense Department Asked to Examine Officers' Acts Supporting Christian Group
| Topic: |
Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"" |
| Date: |
12 Dec 2006 03:28:34 AM |
| Object: |
Inquiry Sought Over Evangelical Video Defense Department Asked to Examine Officers' Acts Supporting Christian Group |
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/10/AR2006121000883.html
[excerpt]
Inquiry Sought Over Evangelical Video
Defense Department Asked to Examine Officers' Acts Supporting Christian
Group
By Alan Cooperman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 11, 2006; Page A03
A military watchdog group is asking the Defense Department to investigate
whether seven Army and Air Force officers violated regulations by appearing
in uniform in a promotional video for an evangelical Christian
organization.
In the video, much of which was filmed inside the Pentagon, four generals
and three colonels praise the Christian Embassy, a group that evangelizes
among military leaders, politicians and diplomats in Washington. Some of
the officers describe their efforts to spread their faith within the
military.
"I found a wonderful opportunity as a director on the joint staff, as I
meet the people that come into my directorate," Air Force Maj. Gen. Jack J.
Catton Jr. says in the video. "And I tell them right up front who Jack
Catton is, and I start with the fact that I'm an old-fashioned American,
and my first priority is my faith in God, then my family and then country.
I share my faith because it describes who I am."
Pete Geren, a former acting secretary of the Air Force who oversaw the
service's response in 2005 to accusations that evangelical Christians were
pressuring cadets at the Air Force Academy, also appears in the video. The
Christian Embassy "has been a rock that I can rely on, been an organization
that helped me in my walk with Christ, and I'm just thankful for the
service they give," he says.
[excerpt]
***************************************************************
You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]
***************************************************************
.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
****************************************************************
USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
*****************************************************************
THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
****************************************************************
.
|
|
| User: "DarkAngel" |
|
| Title: Re: Inquiry Sought Over Evangelical Video Defense Department Asked to Examine Officers' Acts Supporting Christian Group |
12 Dec 2006 09:13:10 AM |
|
|
wrote:
my first priority is my faith in God, then my family and then country.
So if the guy has to choose between the orders of his God and those of
his commander in chief, he goes with God?
Nice to see a traitor admit to his treason so candidly.
---
No Gods. No Masters.
.
|
|
|
| User: "Al Klein" |
|
| Title: Re: Inquiry Sought Over Evangelical Video Defense Department Asked to Examine Officers' Acts Supporting Christian Group |
12 Dec 2006 10:47:53 AM |
|
|
On 12 Dec 2006 07:13:10 -0800, "DarkAngel" <drkangel666@hotmail.com>
wrote:
buckeye-elo@nospam.net wrote:
my first priority is my faith in God, then my family and then country.
So if the guy has to choose between the orders of his God and those of
his commander in chief, he goes with God?
Nice to see a traitor admit to his treason so candidly.
He's trying to be like his hero, Putsch, who runs on the same drug.
--
rukbat at optonline dot net
Is he willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is impotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Whence then comes evil?
-Epicurus, 3rd c. BCE
(random sig, produced by SigChanger)
.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Related Articles |
|
|
