ABC has a truly bizarre and disturbing story. Brian Ross reports that a military contractor has encoded hidden New Testament Bible passages on high-powered rifle sites. The contractor is Trijicon, which apparently confirmed the practice.
The biblical references appear as, in one case, 2COR4:6 — an apparent reference to Second Corinthians 4:6 of the New Testament, which reads: “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.”
The company received $660 million under a contract to supply 800,000 sights to the Marine Corps. It has other contracts with the Army.
U.S. regulations prohibits proselytizing of any religion. Moreover, such additions to military equipment should violate the contract which presumably did not ask for biblical citations with gun sights.
The use of biblical citations will only reaffirm the view of many that the U.S. went into Iraq and Afghanistan on a “crusade.” This view was magnified by Bush calling its a crusade and later citing Biblical passages to convince other leaders that this was a worthy, if not divinely ordained, effort. His subordinates appeared to keep Bush in a Biblical mindset by adding prominent quotations from the Bible in reports on the war, here.
In my view, this raises serious legal questions that should result in a review of this contract. As a minimum, the contractor should have to pay for the removal of the citations. We have to able to trust contractors not to carry out their hidden or religious agenda as part of a contract with the American people. Just imagine if these were citation to the Koran. If the company wishes to proselytize it should do so with theocratic governments. Perhaps the Swiss Guards that the Vatican need a few sights and citations.
For the full story, click here.
“Stephen Pitt 1, January 20, 2010 at 4:47 pm
Obviously, I didn’t. In_that_post. You simply missed my post then went on to say you read all of my posts.”
Lie
I read the part where you said not all Christians supported Hitler.
You’re ignoring the fact that you didn’t say that until MUCH LATER.
Your first comments said NO SUCH THING.
So not only did your original comments make blanket condemnations of Christians without ANY clarifications like you want to claim, your comment TODAY also made a blanket condemnation.
– Stephen Pitt 1, January 20, 2010 at 3:12 pm
I don’t start wars, or join totalitarian movements, intractable one. –
So while your running your mouth about how I deserve your ignorant, unsolicited bigoted attacks on my faith, you might try reading your own comment from TODAY.
Rather than try to hide behind one minor clarification you made last night with regards to only ONE of the slurs you made against Christians.
Obviously, I didn’t. In_that_post. You simply missed my post then went on to say you read all of my posts.
Why are you beating yourself to pulp? What I won’t do for you is tell you you lied about your misread.
Or do you think that trying to draw my attention away from your comment TODAY, is going to conceal it?
LATER, you tried qualifying that statement by saying;
-Stephen Pitt 1, January 20, 2010 at 12:21 am
The inquisition was self-inflicted by intractability. Yes, you sabotaged yourself. It had nothing at all to do with us. The fact stands that Christians supported the Third Reich. Not all but too many. Enough to give Hitler what he wanted: Legitimacy. –
So we see one qualification, much later after your repeated blanket statements and slurs against Christians and all people of faith.
But your original statements made no such distinction.
So as you want to keep telling me, you brought it on yourself.
You started by insulting Christians with blanket condemnations.
And you’re still doing it.
And do please show where you stated “not all religions are a pox”.
Then your next attack on Christians;
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“Stephen Pitt 1, January 19, 2010 at 11:58 pm
No, we may not be interested at all in a religious perspective. Religion is a pox. It has been made abundantly clear that religious intractability produces war and discord. No, I don’t expect you’ll ever learn, just like the Christians who supported Adolf Hitler”
Please show us where in that comment you said anything about “not all Christians”.
Did you scroll up to 12:21 a.m.?
Stephen Pitt 1, January 20, 2010 at 12:21 am
The inquisition was self-inflicted by intractability. Yes, you sabotaged yourself. It had nothing at all to do with us. The fact stands that Christians supported the Third Reich. Not all but too many. Enough to give Hitler what he wanted: Legitimacy.
You said I was lying. I say you’ve got tunnel vision.
Your next insult of religion.
“Stephen Pitt 1, January 19, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Isn’t religion beautiful?”
Please show us where in that comment you indicated that you were only referring to “some” religions.
But if you want to get technical about it lets take a look at your comments yesterday that you claim you said “some but not all”.
Lets look at the comments of yours I was responding to yesterday.
Comment number 1;
“72 Stephen Pitt 1, January 19, 2010 at 7:08 pm
Well that didn’t work. Anyway, Christians supported Hitler. How in the world could they rationalize that behavior?”
All that is here is a blanket condemnation of Christians.
Please show us in this first comment where you indicated you were referring to “some” Christians.
The post “I” was referring to?
I was responding to your comment today. Show us where in your comment today that you said anything about “not all”.
The post you are referring to was made at 12:21. You accused me of lying, all because you somehow missed my words. Please go to that post and tell me your thoughts.
For an interesting bit on Christian infiltration of the military…
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/6/the_crusade_for_a_christian_military
Reinterpret?
You said this.
“Stephen Pitt 1, January 20, 2010 at 3:12 pm
I don’t start wars, or join totalitarian movements, intractable one”
Show us where in that comment you said “not all but many”
So you are lying now.
Which fits your bigoted prejudice quite nicely.
Now get over Pitt.
Its over.
Well if you don’t care, don’t respond.
You can re-interpret as you like. All I didn was cut and paste. “Not all but too many” is pretty straight forward.
Now enough of your juvenile, nonsensical uninformed bigoted attempts to drag me back into your argument.
My comments were to Mike Spindell and I’d like to leave this discussion and this blog with an air of civility, not get drawn back in by silly juvenile taunts and lies designed to drag this on forever.
You’re a bigot. Get over it.
Christians are not the pigs you make us out to be.
Some are bad. A vocal group. But there are millions of (who’s votes you need) who do not subscribe to the perversion of our faith that the neoconservatives embrace. They are the ones you need to learn about. They are the ones you need to apologize to for your incessant bashing of the things they hold sacred.
Not me. I could care less what “you” think.
And thus there’s no reason to continue this argument for another day just because you can’t get over it.
Get over it.
Its over.
I read your posts Stephen. You said nothing about “Not all but too many” when you were bashing Christianity. You said that in relation to who supported Hitler.
And in your recent comment you didn’t say anything about “not all of them” either.
You just implied that Christians start wars and are totalitarians.
Condemning all for the actions of a few.
And that is being a bigot.
Read my post again.
The inquisition was self-inflicted by intractability. Yes, you sabotaged yourself. It had nothing at all to do with us. The fact stands that Christians supported the Third Reich. Not all but too many. Enough to give Hitler what he wanted: Legitimacy.
What about “Not all but too many” do you not understand?
Neither do I.
Neither do the majority of the people you condemn.