Posted on 05/19/2015 4:47:38 AM PDT by Kaslin
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation wants a two-star general court-martialed because he spoke about his relationship with God.
Major General Craig Olson was a speaker last week at a National Day of Prayer gathering. He described himself in that speech as a "redeemed believer in Christ."
Mikey Weinstein called the general's remarks a "brutal disgrace." Mr. Weinstein is the president of the MRFF. He fired off a nasty letter to the Secretary of Defense calling for the Air Force general to be severely punished. He alleged that airmen were "utterly disgusted and shocked by the brazenly illicit and wholly unconstitutional, fundamentalist Christian proselytizing recently perpetrated on international television."
Mr. Weinstein demanded the general be court-martialed and "aggressively and visibly brought to justice for his unforgivable crimes and transgressions."
If the Military Religious Freedom Foundation thought General Olson was a brutal disgrace, I can only imagine what they must have thought of George Washington, who once prayed at Valley Forge.
It would be easy to dismiss this guy as a two-bit gadfly. Unfortunately, we cannot. Time and time again, Mr. Weinstein has proven that when he complains about something - the Pentagon responds.
Far too many Christians have been bullied by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation's thuggery. It's time for the Pentagon to put a stop to this nonsense.
If Mr. Weinstein and his stooges have a problem with the general's televised remarks, maybe they should just change the channel.
First you couldn’t display faith in public, now displays of faith at a national prayer function are banned. How long before prayer will be banned in churches?
Actually it isn’t necessary to display your faith in public. God hears your prayer just as well if you pray to him in a small room
This is the fallout from mainstreaming the satanic perversity of homosexuality and homo “marriage”...
Prayer is one thing: bearing witness to the truth is another.
We cannot bear witness in private.
Actually it isn’t necessary to display your faith in public. God hears your prayer just as well if you pray to him in a small room
then by all means let’s start shutting down the churches...
They would probably want to do the same to this general.
clearly the horse in the painting is offended by the general’s prayerful posture, so...
Tell those who are offended, “Live with it”
Whether in public or private, this guy did nothing wrong.
Mikey throws another tantrum.
Best cure for his temper tantrum is to put him over your knees and give him a few on his behind with a belt
No doubt about it
He sure did not
If it is illegal to talk about God at a prayer breakfast, then what does one talk about at prayer breakfasts? Did ‘God’ come up at the one held for the White House?
Matthew 10: 32”Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. 33”But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.
Yes there can be a ‘show offy’ sort of Pharisee way folks sometimes display about their faith which is mostly about them. Yet Christ made a very serious comment about what happens when we deny Christ before men!
Of course it's true that God hears our prayers wherever we are, but I respectfully disagree with the claim that it "isn't necessary to display your faith in public". As Christians we are called to be a light for the world, salt of the earth, to be witnesses for Christ. This can take many forms but we aren't to keep our faith behind closed doors. This is what the world wants. Because when it's behind closed doors, only in a church building on Sunday's, Christ isn't truly physically present to others. Which is the Christian method. Faith through a witness. Christ present among us.
The world wants Him hidden because then it is easier to wield control and power. Without Christ physically present the yearning for Him in every man's heart can be easily perverted and distorted by the world's powers into a "desire" for sex, or money, or "things", all of which the world claims are "satisfying". Without Christ present to remind those in the world of their true desire, we end up chasing after such "things" to fill the void only He can fill. And we are so wretched we need Him present every day to remind us of our true desire, which is Him. So we as Christians are required to display our faith in public by living our faith in the public square. Otherwise we can't really claim we "love our neighbors as ourselves".
I watched the video of this man at the prayer meeting. By the complainant's own admission this meeting was a private affair. In no way endorsed or funded or otherwise supported by the DoD. The general in question went there of his own volition. Exercising his God given RIGHT (and as I describe above, his duty) to freedom of expression of his religious beliefs. Also, as far as I'm aware, it is written in military code or law that every active duty service member must wear his uniform in public whenever attending a formal event such as this. I could be wrong about that.
But if not, then this was clearly just a case of a man who happens to be an Air Force general, who is speaking at a private event about his faith. At no point during his speech does he say or even imply anything like "the Air Force should be Christian" or "As a general, I order all my subordinates to be Christians". No, he only speaks about his faith how it has benefitted HIM, himself! In other words he's giving a testimony based on experience. How can it be said he can't say what he wants in public about his faith simply because he's in uniform?
One thing I imagined as I watched the video was if he were in a simple suit and tie, would we be having this conversation? Would Mr Weinstein have as much problem with him if he were not in uniform? Again it goes back to the question: are active duty military required to be in uniform at formal events? If so,"Mikey" has no standing to complain.
He's complaining because he has an easy way to do so. Make no mistake though he's an unwitting (to put it charitably) pawn of the forces of the world who seek to silence the Christian claim in public. Because without it, people can be easily controlled with the substitutes mentioned above. With Him though, there is no such captivity. Which is what makes the powers that be very afraid.
Back in 1966, I had a drill Sergeant tell me that he believed chapels would be banned from military bases in his life time. He was not happy about it.
obvious your drill sergeant was a moron
This is what Abraham Lincoln has to say on the subject.
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