Posted on 12/10/2014 8:32:40 AM PST by ilovesarah2012
An Army chaplain was punished for discussing matters of faith and quoting from the Bible during a suicide prevention training session with the 5th Ranger Training Battalion -- leading to outrage from religious liberty groups and a Georgia congressman.
Chaplain Joseph Lawhorn was issued a Letter of Concern that accused him of advocating for Christianity and using Christian scripture and solutions during a Nov. 20th training session held at the University of North Georgia.
You provided a two-sided handout that listed Army resources on one side and a biblical approach to handling depression on the other side, Col. David Fivecoat, the commander of the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade at Ft. Benning, Georgia, wrote in the letter to the chaplain. This made it impossible for those in attendance to receive the resource information without also receiving the biblical information.
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Yeah, more imposition of anti-Christianity. This has to be stopped.
Embrace Allah and strap on a vest.
Well, it sure has gotten worse under Obama.
Will having a Bible verse written on a piece of paper give them cooties?
Do they handle their money with gloves so as not to be contaminated with the horrible "In God We Trust"?
How does Col David Fivecoat manage to live with a name that not only comes from the (whisper) BIBLE but is also the name of one of the authors of the (whisper) BIBLE?
Such horror.
Perhaps he should change his name to Balthezar?
Physicians and others should not push their religion in these situations, although one can use examples of how Jesus saved oneself or others in similar situations.
And often bad religion or wrong religious ideas are behind the guilt or suicidal despair. One is allowed to quote scripture to correct such wrong ideas to a Christian believer.
Too often those pushing religion are ignorant egotists, and I have reported one doc for doing this in an inappropriate manner.
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