"Christian Embassy" (Pentagon)

[katty]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/8/6/194930/0382

Weinstein on CNN re Breaking "Christian Embassy" News
by Troutfishing
Mon Aug 06, 2007 at 05:06:31 PM PDT
This story concerns top Pentagon officials' promotion of a fundamentalist, warlike version of Christianity and the fact that those leaders of the American military, when challenged with accusations that their participation in and hence endorsement - of a promotional fund raising video by a partisan fundamentalist group called "Christian Embassy" that evangelizes in the Pentagon - violated Defense Department regulations and was unconstitutional, made up excuses, for their trampling of the First Amendment, that would have embarrassed many two year olds. But Make no mistake: this is no joke, because it concerns a radical <1> fundamentalist <2> effort to gain control of the most powerful military on Earth. Consider the implication of an address by Brigadier General Jack Catton at an October 22, 2003 Pentagon Prayer Breakfast, co-sponsored by Christian Embassy and the Pentagon Chaplain: "Leadership For Christ in the Pentagon", especially in light of the "spiritual warfare" ideas laced into Christian Embassy's Bible lesson plans...

*<1>,<2> : see footnotes at the end of this post.

Troutfishing's diary :: ::
Here's my previous installment of this breaking story, But for a quick overview, "Christian Embassy" is a fundamentalist group that evangelizes in the Pentagon, and at any given point there are as many as twenty or so high level Pentagon military officers and civilians leading regular "Christian Embassy" Bible study lessons. Christian Embassy lesson plans use terms such as "spiritual warfare", call faith a "force multiplier", have titles such as "Warfare in Christ", and include lessons on "wifely submission". Christian Embassy's website has featured a description of "grace" rendered in the tale of an adult belt-whipping a child.

NOTE: This story has nothing to do with "Christianity in general" but, rather, with a subset of Christianity that advocates 1) a "theology of war", 2) Fundamentalism (a 'literal' reading of the Bible, to be specific), 3) The subservient role of women, and is 4) entrained with the political agenda of the Bush Administration.

Most, if not all, of the Pentagon officials who appeared in the Christian Embassy video have since received career promotions. For example, Pete Geren is now Secretary of The United States Army, and Bob Caslen is Commandant of Cadets at West Point

[AX10]

1. These facsists need to be removed immediatly.

They should be tried for harrassment and endangering our national security too.

[angrycarpenter]

2. misplaced loyalty

Truly frightening that A hate filled cult could infiltrate our military.
But hardly startling, the military mind is ill equipped to deal in shades of gray. The moral certainty of fundamentalism must be very attractive to people who classify everything in terms of friend or foe.

[katty]

3. perfectly put