Top Army chaplain raises Jewish ire with call for prayer during Passover.

The Baptist Standard ^ | 4/6/09 | Bob Allen

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WASHINGTON (ABP) -- The U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains is being criticized for a proclamation calling for prayer and fasting on April 8, which coincides with the first night of Passover, a high holy day on the Jewish calendar celebrated by a traditional feast called the Seder.

Maj. Gen. Douglas Carver, a Southern Baptist, issued a proclamation March 2 urging Army chaplains to pray and fast April 8 during a 120-day "stand down" period beginning Feb. 15 to focus on suicide-prevention awareness among soldiers.

"As spiritual leaders we are called to be a people of prayer," Carver explained in Internet newsletter article. "One initiative that was proposed is that we employ the power of collective prayer more consistently in our efforts to combat suicide. I have issued a call to all members of our Corps to join with me on 8 April in leading the Army Family in a special day of prayer and fasting for the preservation, protection and peace of our Army. I have directed our Center for Spiritual Leadership at the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School to provide resources to support you in your prayer effort."

[DJ MacWoW]

The web-based political magazine Truthout.org said timing the observance on a Jewish feast day was also being perceived as insensitive to people with non-Christian faiths.

This is the left creating a problem where there is none.

[DJ MacWoW]

This whole article is based on Leopold and Truthout.org. Personally, I’d have it pulled.

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This is the left creating a problem where there is none.

I completely agree. It really is not about Christian vs Jew. It is about non believers pushing God out of the public square. If this type of nonsense gains any traction it's one more step down the road to the day that Military Chaplains are eliminated.

We are in a cultural war.

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This whole article is based on Leopold and Truthout.org. Personally, I’d have it pulled.

Why?

[Jewbacca]

Nice artwork, newbie.

Thank you. (I am assuming you mean my profile.)

[DJ MacWoW]

You should have put all of that in post 1. ;-)

Apparently there were no Jews that were offended, just lefties pretending that there were.

[LetMarch]

Sad to say; as some in Israel, “There are good Gentiles, and there are bad Gentiles.” We can also say there are good Jews and there are bad Jews.”

God chose the Jew to write the Holy Scriptures, and in them are both good history and bad history of the Jew.
In John 1:11-12 we read; “He(Jesus) came unto His own(Israel) and His own (the Jews) received Him(Jesus) received Him not. But as many as received Him to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.”

Jesus Himself said: “Ye worship ye know not what: for salvation is of the Jews.” (John 4:22)

The Lord Jesus also said; “For had ye believed Moses ye would have believed Me: for he wrote of Me.” (John 5:46)
Again He said: “Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it and was glad.” (John 8:56)

The Church itself was founded by the Jew, and at the first, gentiles were not allowed to a part of it. So the Church and all Scripture is a confirmation of oneness God hath comfirmed in Israel, the Jew, and the gentile, as we are all made one in our Saviour Jesus Christ.”

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I think the guy behind this is using his faith as a means to deflect criticism. I think the real goal is to make the armed services void of any religious presence.

No doubt you are right.

Sad thing is the courts have so perverted the meaning of the Establishment clause that he just might prevail.

[DJ MacWoW]

You should have stated up front that this was a discredited lefty trying to stir up a hornet’s nest. No one but the website that you posted gives Leopold or Truthout any credibility. Looks like these people (The Baptist Standard) believe that Leopold has credibility when he does not.

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You should have put all of that in post 1. ;-)

My mistake. I thought the article was pretty straight forward and any one would see this has nothing to do with different faiths.

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Sad thing is the courts have so perverted the meaning of the Establishment clause that he just might prevail.

That is what truly scares me.

[DJ MacWoW]

Not everyone will go to the link nor will they know about Leopold and Truthout. Anyone who reads the DUmmie FUnnies will though. ;-)

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Looks like these people (The Baptist Standard) believe that Leopold has credibility when he does not.

You might want to read the article.

The group founded by Air Force Academy graduate Mikey Weinstein to advocate the separation of church and state in the military also said the Army Chief of Chaplains is a bureaucratic job with no constitutional authority to dictate a specific church practice like fasting or prayer.

[DJ MacWoW]

I quit reading when I saw them quote Leopold and Truthout. This is the guy that swore Rove would be frog-marched out of the WH in 5 business days. Anyone using him as a source is clueless.

[Ann Archy]

Methinks Mikey Weinstein could be ANTI-CHRISTIAN!!!

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The schmuck in question

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Methinks Mikey Weinstein could be ANTI-CHRISTIAN!!!

He certainly is a jerk. I think he's pushing for all faiths to be out of the military.

[Ann Archy]

Oh right.....I’m SURE he’s against Islam.....right.

[Non-Sequitur]

Of course. Gives a whole new meaning to the term “Star Wars”.

[LadyPilgrim]

We need to pass a law making it a felony to be offended.

Or at least to IGNORE them.