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Anderson Cooper 360 tonight on a soldier suing the govt for religious discriminiation...

Jul 07, 2008 17:32

The U.S. Christian military?

Randi Kaye
AC360° CorrespondentIs the United States Military becoming a Christian organization? That’s what one U.S. soldier tells us ( Read more... )

Comments 8

slothel July 7 2008, 21:51:36 UTC

Heh. No, because it happened to me ( ... )

not exactly the golden rule! beartech420 July 7 2008, 22:25:52 UTC

Every member of the Military has the right to believe whatever he/she wants without religious discrimination.

Proselytize? Not on duty, off duty first amendment applies to everyone.
WWJD? What Would Jesus Do? Well I guess I would have thought that this would be a no brainer. Jesus would not threaten someone's life for not believing.

BestRegards,
Pete

happyendng July 7 2008, 22:34:17 UTC

..if the government decides that they only want "christians" dying in the war, then hey, they can have em...
just saying..

porridgebird July 8 2008, 00:22:51 UTC

Nothing like reading the damned bible to make an atheist out of a person.

Worked for me! Well, it took a couple reads to really sink in.

serendipityyes July 8 2008, 14:20:22 UTC

I think religion is always pushed on people. The army is no different. This is one of those things I don't get. Why one cares what another believes. Does it hurt you? Does it affect you? No. It doesn't. I see more "christians" pushing their beliefs and their religion on people far more than I see atheist standing on street corners pushing their beliefs on people. If people would worry as much about their lives as they do another's, this world would be a much better place to live. But that would just be to much work for people, right? Funny thing is, these so called christians pushing their beliefs and religion in everyone's face are by no means abiding by the bible or god. Thou shall not judge... yea, I rarely see that being practiced. It amazes me how much people pick and choose what they "practice" and "preach" from the bible.

tilia_tomentosa July 8 2008, 21:07:07 UTC

Believe it or not, atheism can also be pushed on people, as it was in Communist countries (I live in a post-communist country myself, so I remember that period). Now, first a medieval king forced Christianity on our pagan ancestors, then we were conquered by Muslim invaders, and Islam was forced on part of the population, and in the end the Communists tried to force atheism on both Cristians and Muslims. Can you imagine the mess? Well, at least there isn't a single really DOMINANT belief or disbelief in my country now. As for myself, I somehow manage to be mostly a Christian of the local variety, partly a pagan of some indefinite kind, and partly an agnostic. I am not a very good Christian, but I wasn't a very good atheist too! And on top of all I am in love with a Muslim man, and the diference in religion doesn't bother me. So I'm all for the freedom of belief, and can't stand the fanatics of any religion!
Darina from Bulgaria