Queer Look at the BibleSacred texts and commentary… from a different point of view

Maybe, I’m in denial, but generally speaking, I don’t think I often characterize devout Christians as “dangerous,” although it truly fits in this case.  I heard this story first on MSNBC’s Rachael Maddow, although the linked article names ABC as breaking the story.  Here it is in a nutshell. Some US manufacturer of sights that go on rifles has been inscribing the sights with specifically Christian Bible passages. This is at odds with the Military’s rules and guidelines, but the manufacturer really doesn’t care. To that company prostelizing Jesus is more important than anything else. This has been going on for a while too, but only recently has a watchdog group brought this to light.

Our real enemies in the world tend to be ultra religious crazies willing to blow themselves up over what they believe is a holy war of US Christians trying to kill their religion. Our government doesn’t see it that way. To us, we are trying to make ourselves safe from these extremists. So what is a little Bible verse have to do with that? What it does is give the message that this really is a religious battle of Christians trying to kill them. All that can do is add fuel to the fire, and make the crazies feel justified in their craziness. And who loses? Our soldiers and their loved ones.

The linked story is from a far right web site, and I chose it specifically so that you can read the comments left by these far right Christians. Truly insane.

Now, not all Christians feel this way (Thank Heavens) but we have to start to name things as they are. We all have to wake up and recognize that while faith can be a powerful tool of much help to many, religious zealotry isn’t good for anyone.

Christianity has failed when it makes us into the exact enemy that other religious zealots are claiming that we are. Where are the real Christians to save Faith from the destruction being caused by the fringe?

CNSNews.com – Group That Alerted Media to Biblical Markings on Rifle Sights Wants Congress to Investigate ‘Military Religious Extremism’.

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