U.S. Soldiers Pushing Christianity on Muslims in Afghanistan »
Posted By metavirus 6 months, 1 week ago in ReligionAn Army chaplain appears to have come up with a brilliant loophole in the military's clear ban on religious proselytizing and has called on his Christian soldiers to go out and spread the word of Jesus to the dirty Muslim heathens in Afghanistan. I wonder where some Muslims get the impression that the U.S. is waging a holy war against Islam? After all, we're just acting to save their dirty heathen souls from the fires of hell, right?
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Endoscopy6 months ago
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The blind saying others are blind. Keep in mind that 65% of the US is Christian along with the president, vice president, high majority of cabinet members, congress, and the supreme court.
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You silly person are saying all of these people are blind. What a guy. Probably a similar situation exists in Canada. So just rant on and look the fool.
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Charlson6 months ago
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In time of war and strife, proselytizing will probably engender more hate than love. In many middle eastern countries, proselytizing a religion that is not Islamic, is forbidden and carries a high penalty. Not a smart move on the part of these soldiers.
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Charlson6 months ago
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Georgia506 months ago
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The only problem with Christian proselytizing is Muslim law forbidding it. Muslim law also allows the stoning of gays and any women "guilty" of being raped by her own family. Pick your poison, liberals.
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Handing out free bibles is not wrong and it's not a crime, especially inasmuch as Muslims themselves consider Christians and Jews to be "people of the book," or the bible.
Any Muslim who is afraid that Muslims will exercise freedom of conscience NOT afforded to the millions of non-Muslims forced to convert to Islam at sword's edge needs to seriously rethink his religion.-
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Dionys6 months ago
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"Handing out free bibles is not wrong and it's not a crime,"
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Well, apparently it's a crime in Afghanistan (which granted, it shouldn't be).
But that said, how is it not wrong to be pointing a gun at someone's friends or family, or dropping bombs on their relatives while pushing a holy text that they're not interested in at them.
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Mutainia6 months ago
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US soldiers pushing Christianity on Muslims by passing out Bibles? I use to think it was impossible that a Muhammadan would go for the Bible being that it's supposed to have been corrupted to the point where the Bible has Jesus going to the cross and the Torah being all about blood atonement and the Quran being mostly about putting patootis in the air and Jesus NOT going to cross. But, if you read the Quran, such a belief about the Bible being corrupted CAN'T be true because the Quran says that the Quran, itself, is both a "reminder AND a confirmation OF that which went before it" (The Bible), and, that the Torah is not only LIKE the Quran (and the Quran says NOTHING can be like it, if you are in doubt), but, that the Torah is "both guidance and light". That, "if you are in doubt about that which has come down (the Quran), go to those who have read the scriptures beFORE it". Also, my favorite part of the Quran is where it tells a Christian he "has no ground to stand upon unless he stands firm upon the Injil" (the Gospel). IF Muhammadans STILL insist that the Bible has been corrupted, these soldiers can show them three places in the the Quran that say Allah's words can't be changed AND that the Bible IS Allah's words. That if Allah's words, the Bible, WAS corrupted, then Quran 2:106 would have kicked in that goes:
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"Whichever Ayah We "nansakh" or cause to be forgotten We replace it with its equal or with that which is greater, did you not know that God is capable of all things?" And, SINCE there is NO where in the Quran that says the Bible has been corrupted and that you SHOULDN'T go to those who have read the before scriptures IF you are in doubt about the Quran, this is MORE proof that those US troops can give these Afghans some Bibles without fear of going against the Quran and getting their heads carved off in the process. And, of course, if the Muahmmadans STILL insist that the Torah was corrupted AFTER the writing of the Quran, those soldiers can bring up the reality of the Dead Sea Scrolls which show NO change in meaning between modern Torahs and those of over 2000 years ago.-
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Endoscopy6 months ago
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Slight correction about the Quran. The verses that talk about a person acknowledging what was before him in the Arabic literally says "held between his hands" thus meaning in front of him and not the ambiguous before him. Therefore not previous to him but in front of him.
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Progressive6 months ago
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Is apostasy a crime in Afghanistan? My understanding is that it is punishable by death in Iran.
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It would seem that passing out Bibles in a country overrun by radical Moslem extremists endangers the lives of those whom Christians think they are saving.-
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Dionys6 months ago
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I'm just curious what all the people who support this action would think if a Muslim army invaded the US, bombed its children, shot our Fathers and Mothers and then started handing out the Qu'ran to the survivors all while holding large, automatic rifles dressed in camo and pointing 50 cals from the tops of armored troop carriers. Are they just as okay with that scenario?
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ChefEOD6 months ago
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Most of you are missing the point altogether, at least from the Christian’s point of view.
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Matthew 28:18-20 "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."
Christians are mandated by Scripture to share and spread the Gospel. To not do so is to disobey God.
Acts 5:28-29 "Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man's blood on us!" But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: "We ought to obey God rather than men."-
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Dionys6 months ago
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" Christians are mandated by Scripture to share and spread the Gospel. To not do so is to disobey God.
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Acts 5:28-29 "Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And look, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this Man's blood on us!" But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: "We ought to obey God rather than men.""
Then perhaps they should share and spread the Gospel as Christ did as Logos -- by leading a Christ-like life. For after all, isn't that how Christ taught? I'm pretty sure he didn't go around handing out Bibles. Nor did his disciples.
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Icantwait6 months ago
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My Fellow Americans: Dion makes an interesting point. Most of that happen did it not. 9/11 I believe is the date that occurred. Personally, I think it is a good gesture on the part of the American Army. Receiving the Blessed Sacrament is a lot better than receiving a bomb to blow yourself to Kingdom Come for your person of Worship. Most likely they can't read the Bible anyway so they just probably think it is the Quran, Toran, or whatever it is called. Actually there is less fighting over there now than between the Liberals and Conservatives in this Country. Thanks to our President who is constantly causing Political unrest. Basically the everyday people Afghanistan are probably decent people as are the Jews in Israel as are the everyday Americans. It seems the Taliban and the leaders of these countries are the actual instigators. God Bless American, Heaven Help Those Other Nations, Thank God For Our Troops. The Real American
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Don't let the facts get in the way of your rants and raves.
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Fact: the Chaplan informed the Soldier in question that handing out the bibles would violate general order #1 so that were never given out , not even as gifts,
Fact: the bibles were sent to the soldier by his church, not by the government to the army.
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metavirus6 months ago
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why would anyone object to *troops* having korans? there are lots of american troops WHO ARE MUSLIM. (sorry , i know that scares the s$*t out of a lot of the semi-conscious, pants-wetting religious teabaggers on this site -- but it's TRUE). eeeeeep!
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reallypsst6 months ago
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abu now that you mentioned the Koran why is it that none of you practice the teachings,and why are women in all muslim countries treated like slaves and are beneath the very animals of your countries,so you can recant the koran till doomsday ,but until you see woman as equals you are barbarians who only bring up the koran as if it was a get out jail free card,that bs is getting old,and this is not islam!
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Ratskii6 months ago
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really(something),
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I think the person who said, "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing," must have had you, personally, in mind. You know very little about Islamic majority countries. It seems like you base most of your opinion and the Wahhabi branch of Islam based in Saudi Arabia. But even Saudi Arabia is beginning to reform a little bit. Women were recently able to vote in municipal elections for the first time.
A woman was Prime Minister of Pakistan at one time. Another woman, unfortunately assassinated by extremists, was a major political figure who had support from a large number of other Pakistanis who were, gasp, Moslem.
Check the history and current governments of all Islamic majority countries before you stick your foot in you mouth.
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frctm56 months ago
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Nothing good will come from this. It would play right into the hands of Al Qaeda and other paranoid Islamist who claim we are the new crusaders. By handing out bibles to Muslims, they are aiding and abetting Al Qaida with a propaganda tool. Not real smart.
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Ratskii6 months ago
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Aside from the violation of military regulations there is the possibility that this will endanger the lives of our military men and women in Afghanistan and will help the Taliban recruit more support. That in of itself makes what they are doing criminally stupid.
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