Religion and the Military: Good mix?

[BurtWorm]

http://salon.com/news/wire/2005/06/22/academy/index.html

Air Force investigators spent several days at the 4,300-student school near Colorado Springs earlier this year, looking into complaints that evangelical Christians wield so much influence at the school that anti-Semitism and other forms of religious harassment have become pervasive. About 85 percent of the academy's students identify themselves as Christian.

There have been complaints at the academy that a Jewish cadet was told the Holocaust was revenge for the death of Jesus and that another Jew was called a Christ killer by a fellow cadet. A banner in the football team's locker room read: "I am a Christian first and last ... I am a member of Team Jesus Christ."

Also, there have been complaints that cadets were pressured to attend chapel, that academy staffers put New Testament verses in government e-mail, and that cadets used the e-mail system to encourage others to see the Mel Gibson movie "The Passion of the Christ."

[mirandaod]

1. Gotta go with BAD.

Load young guys up with bombs and guns, and convince them that God's on their side? Pretty scary.

[FreedomAngel82]

2. I think

as long as each person is allowed to have their own beliefs and they have a mixture. If they just have one belief system and don't have others recognized then that's bad. What appears to be going on now is out of control rightwing Christianity and they aren't really showing Christ's message through their lives. They're being heartless and immature assholes. If they remember Jesus was a Jew. So is Mary a Christ killer? She and Jospeh and Jesus and James were Jews....

[yurbud]

3. they are trying to create a political military like in Central America

So that they are firmly and openly on the side of the right, and if anyone to the left wins an election, instead of relying on the military, they are always looking over their shoulder to make sure the gun isn't pointed at them.

[mirandaod]

4. What a happy thought that is....

Sadly, I'm afraid you could be right. They're capable of anything.