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Army Orders Soldiers To Scrape Bible Verses Off Their Rifle Scopes….
The ConservativeTreehouse ^ | April 23, 2013 | by sundance

Posted on 04/23/2013 9:15:16 AM PDT by txgirl4Bush

The U.S. Army is directing troops to remove a Bible inscription that a vendor etched into the serial numbers of weapon scopes, Fox News has learned.

Soldiers at Fort Wainwright in Alaska told Fox News they received a directive to turn in their scopes so the Bible references could be removed.

The scopes were made by Trijicom and referenced New Testament passages in John 8:12 and Second Corinthians 4:6. The verses appeared at the end of the scope serial numbers – “JN8:12” and “2COR4:6.”

“The biblical verse (JN8:12) must be removed utilizing a Dremel type tool and then painted black,” read instructions on how to remedy the matter.

After the letters and numbers were scrapped off, soldiers were directed to use apply black paint to ensure the verses were totally covered.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: army; banglist; islam; religion; sharia; trijicon; wot
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To: CodeToad

I guess the RFP to the vendor should have included all military requirements. Christian bible verses must not have been mentioned or the vendor wouldn’t have been paid.


41 posted on 04/23/2013 10:13:54 AM PDT by rhoda_penmark
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To: txgirl4Bush

That order came from someone who hates this country, hates Christianity and Judaism, and loves the middle eastern death cult that hates us, and wants us to bow down really low to show our submission.

(schatological and reproductive expletive deleted)


42 posted on 04/23/2013 10:15:40 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Pi$$ed off yet?)
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To: txgirl4Bush

What if the model number was ACOG4X32eaTmoPorK?


43 posted on 04/23/2013 10:17:54 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Lurker

....”they received a directive to turn in their scopes so the Bible references could be removed”......

Muslim Brotherhood and their off branches are succeeding.....when will they ever be rooted out of our Government?


44 posted on 04/23/2013 10:18:16 AM PDT by caww
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To: txgirl4Bush

Scrape it off and engrave: “Allahu Fubar”. Or just ignore this stupid order.


45 posted on 04/23/2013 10:20:49 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: pallis
....”Muslims everywhere are laughing their arses off at our multicultural idiots”......

The utter stupidity of our leaders is beyond astounding.....but Moslems are not just laughing...’they are celebrating’ their victory over these lamebrain idiots....Stealth Jihad is fast on the move.

46 posted on 04/23/2013 10:21:02 AM PDT by caww
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To: centurion316

[[There are lots of religious freedom issues out there that are worth fighting for. This is not one of them]]

No? Really?


47 posted on 04/23/2013 10:23:06 AM PDT by CottShop (Scientific belief does not constitute scientific evidence, nor does it convey scientific knowledge)
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To: CodeToad

Where the HELL is the House of Representatives and what the HELL are they doing about this? Does “Speaker” Boehner ever do anything other than smoke, drink, cry or act like a sycophant to the Executive Branch? What does Cantor do?? What exactly did we vote for and what did we get when we thought we were putting our party in power in the Congress? It appears that we got WORSE than nothing.


48 posted on 04/23/2013 10:25:22 AM PDT by laconic
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To: txgirl4Bush

Maybe they ought to start inscribing those scopes with this passage:

Psalms 9:17

The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.


49 posted on 04/23/2013 10:27:02 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: Missouri gal

People with high security clearances connected to the Muslim Brotherhood hold important positions in every major federal agency including the Pentagon and the Department of Defense.....

...The enemy is at the helm!


50 posted on 04/23/2013 10:28:36 AM PDT by caww
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To: PA Engineer

There was a time in our past, when, American Leaders would have taken action agaqinst those that wanted to destroy our nation. Now we chastise and fire those that try to sound the warning.

post quote


51 posted on 04/23/2013 10:32:18 AM PDT by caww
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To: Oldexpat
I’m thinking of the sniper in Saving Private Ryan and wonder which scriptures he was saying..

I think of that scene so often.


52 posted on 04/23/2013 10:32:52 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (Don't believe any rumors in Washington, DC until they are officially denied.)
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To: rhoda_penmark

It was well known that those references were there. In fact, it was bragged about in the shooting circles. The manufacturer has been doing this for years.


53 posted on 04/23/2013 10:34:09 AM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: txgirl4Bush

I think all my guns have Serial Numbers referencing something religious. Better get out my Dremel.


54 posted on 04/23/2013 10:36:02 AM PDT by Starstruck (Don't rest. We came close to the 2nd Amendment being field tested.)
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To: txgirl4Bush

We see the Republic falling before our eyes!!!


55 posted on 04/23/2013 10:36:41 AM PDT by kimtom (USA ; Freedom is not Free)
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To: Eagles6; stuartcr
RE: whether i was referring to Brennan or Hagel,
mea culpa, folks

John Brennan, head of CIA-confirmed a convert to Islam, according to Breitbart

Chuck Hagel-new Secretary of Defense-suspected of conversion or at least heavily influenced by Islam due to apparently accepting cash from Muslim groups, maybe even one called “Friends of Hamas,” speaking against Israel and for Islamic interests.

56 posted on 04/23/2013 10:40:47 AM PDT by Missouri gal
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To: Sender; txgirl4Bush
John 8:12: When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

2 Corinthians 4:6: For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ

OK--so tell me, who would Jesus shoot?

57 posted on 04/23/2013 10:42:14 AM PDT by Age of Reason
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To: CodeToad

Case closed, then. The military should have specified (as in specific) in the RFP if it didn’t want them.


58 posted on 04/23/2013 10:47:09 AM PDT by rhoda_penmark
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To: Colonel_Flagg

RE: There are no atheists in foxhetvles.

Amen to that!! OIF


59 posted on 04/23/2013 10:57:02 AM PDT by jesseam (eliev)
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To: CottShop

Really. The scopes are government property, what about that don’t you understand. What would you be saying if they were engraved with Allah Akbar.


60 posted on 04/23/2013 10:59:15 AM PDT by centurion316
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