Plaintiffs say Air Force recruiters told to use religion as tool(...) The 12-page court filing says guest speakers at conventions of Air Force recruiters in 2003 and 2005 told Burleigh and other recruiters that "they needed to accept Jesus Christ in order to perform their job duties" and "to use faith in Jesus Christ while recruiting
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Hier mal ein nettes Beispiel von einer Evangelisten Website:
"Christian Witnessing - Share Simply, as a Child
The heart of Christian witnessing might be best expressed through the words of a teenager on fire for the Lord. Here's a "testimony" of a twelve-year-old girl who just wants to share Christ's love and God's purpose…
Hello fellow middle school and high school students. I'm here just to express a couple things that may be happening to many of us today. I know that I'm only twelve, but I really hope that I can help some of you know and come closer to Christ. I first met Jesus when I was five years old. At that time, I just thought, "Oh yeah! If I go to church every Sunday, and believe that He's real, I'll go to heaven!" But that's not how it works. God did not put us on this earth to do "stuff" and be "perfect," no, instead, we're here to make a choice, and learn to love our Creator and Father in heaven through the gift of His Son, Jesus Christ. We don't have to work at anything or worry about anything - we just need to receive Jesus and rest in what He has planned for our lives.
As a Christian, I still have many problems in my life, but I try to get through them the best I can. I know nothing I do will be perfect, or the best-in-the-world, but God's not worried about that - He just wants me to love Him. Sometimes I'll pray to God, and it doesn't seem like I get an answer. At this point, many of us think that God has left us to wither away for the rest of our lives…but really, He's just testing us and building our character. He gives us many tests in life… for me, as a teenage Christian, one of my tests is loneliness. But really, would God have put me on this earth to be lonely? Did he just put me here so every day he could laugh at my "mistakes"? Of course not. He put me here - like all of you -- so we can bring Him pleasure. We're His children, and He wants us to grow up in His plan and purpose for our lives.
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Ganz davon abgesehen finde ich es geschmacklos im höchsten Grad, Jesus für Air Force Rekrutierungen einzuspannen. Und das sage ich als Nicht-Christ. Mehr kann man den Glauben ja wohl gar nicht mit Füssen treten.
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Jetzt ratet mal, wo das Buch herkam. Natürlich aus den USA. Manchmal habe ich das Gefühl bei solchen Aussagen oder Berichten wie z. B. dem obigen, dass es dort eine Menge Leute gibt, die genauso schlimm sind wie die militanten Moslems. Wenn man alle zusammen in einen Sack steckt und draufhaut, trifft man immer den Richtigen. Hoffentlich bleibe ich von beiden Sorten von Fanatikern verschont.
Lene
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Es ist nicht der Glauben, sondern der Fanatismus dahinter, und da ist's egal, aus welcher Ecke das kommt. Fanatismus führt immer, ausnahmslos zu Konflikten und Gewalt. Sehen die Leute wirklich nicht, wie sehr sie ihrer Religion schaden, oder ist es ihnen einfach egal?
*intensives kopfschütteln*
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