More Evangelical in-roads into the War Department.
Featured in the video are four generals and three colonels, including Maj. Gen. Jack Catton Jr., who is on active duty at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. Catton was investigated by the Air Force last spring after he sent an e-mail from his work account urging Air Force Academy graduates to contribute to a Republican candidate for Congress. Catton’s spokeswoman said that investigation resulted in administrative actions that have not been made public. Catton declined to comment about the video.In the video, Catton said the Christian Embassy helped inspire Christian faith throughout the Pentagon: “I think it’s a huge impact because you have many men and women who are seeking God’s counsel and wisdom as we advise the chairman (of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) and the secretary of defense. Hallelujah.”
Why do you think the connection between Evangelicals and the military are such a good fit?Peter Nuhn
CosmicBrat
I don’t know what you’re on, but I think you’ve had enough.
karen:
Apparently, cosmicbrat’s had this particular ‘stream of consciousness’ before.
http://forum.darwinawards.com/index.php?showtopic=7494&st=42
Buried in there is some sort of Carrollian effort at recruitment.
It’s the sort of ramble stoners would cry ‘Cosmic!’ at, but really is rather disjointed if 1 isn’t under the influence.
Cosmicbrat:
Share! Whatever the hell the shit is that you’re on, man, I want some!!!
“Jesus is watching you smoke weed”
KA
I may at some point look at the link you shared on cosmicbrat, but to tell ya the truth, I could barely wade thru what he just left on here.
I guess since I’m not under the influence, it leaves a lot to be desired?
Thanks for your input though. I was feeling kornfoosed.
My goodness gracious, what a day I missed. I think I actually feel sorry for young wonton. You guys are mean, if by mean I mean sensible, logical and knowledgeable. Alas, these attributes always fail to penetrate the religious carapace.
I think his head was cut off, but by tomorrow he will have grown a new one. Gird your loins!
mithra was born on dec. 25, he is the lord of the good.will you honor our sun king on his birthday.
remy we will cut your loins off and feed them to the jackals if you don’t bow down to our lord mithra.
epicurus his philosophy does indeed allow us to live a life worthy of the gods.
the jews,christians,moslems say the romans,persians,germans have no morals but history does not agree.
stoics also have their appeal.
what are your thoughts friends?
reason,
I think that worshipping a huge moth is just plain silly. I know, I know there were movies made which makes it look like evidence, but that doesn’t fool me cuz I’ve gota feelin way deep down inside….. Oh….wait…..nevermind.
karen:
Truth is, I grew up around folks who babbled like that (though not at such length) – I gots a story or 2 on that, for later.
I rather enjoyed it – entertainment only, of course. A steady diet would fry most people’s brains – lessin’ they was fried already.
remy:
Ummm…you’re thinking of Mothra, not Mithra, right?
thanks apostate,if christians would only read up on mithra and the sun cults of rome and persia.they are now called christianity with a few slight changes.
remy that feeling deep down inside is called acid reflux.
on a more serious note the army chief of staff has said the army is overstretched and he needs authority
to callup guard/reserve more often.
sooner or later we will have to choose pull out or bring back the draft.
reason:
What, you been hittin’ them tall boys again?
Krystalline i’m just in a good mood,but it does bother me that our soldiers are being put in a tight spot.
great stuff on the bible thanks, were you in the clergy once.i wonder what with all the translations and changes the original books actually said.
ps i was raised methodist.it was all about love your neighbor and don’t gamble.what made me atheist was an unwillingness to believe a just and all powerful god could let some many innocents suffer needlessly.so i don’t hate christians i just don’t believe in the supernatural.
reason:
No, I just read a lot. Wasn’t even raised that religious.
I just did the homework BEFORE I joined the flock.
Hence, I am not sheep.
‘Are we not men? We are sheeple.’
is reading legal under the patriot act?
to the gov’t monitors relax guys i’m joking.
Hey People
I got an idea…You guys should go find a semi-conservative seminary. Goto a class or find a prof that teaches OT or Prophecy or Bible in general. Let them wal you through the ?’s you have.
I’ll try to get to a university around here and have biologist or geneticist walk me through your stuff.
The reason i suggest this is b/c as i read all of you “but what about this…” stuff i see the error or the missteps in the questions, only i have no time or intelligence to adequately respond now. (ha, ha, i have no intelligence at all, there’s your joke about me)
So instead of letting people that are already on “our” side learn and defend with bias the other side lets do what any good scientist or theologian should do, listen to the experts and look into the evidence with an unbiased mind or at least an anti-our biases mind.
It’s been great, don’t forget to tip your waitress on the way out!!
p.s. – Cosmicguy gets the award for longest post, EVER. holy cow…
Yep. I realized afterward that anyone under 40 might not get the reference. Just a little joke.
Godzilla vs. Mothra is a classic.
I prefer the spelling as Mythra.
won2have:
Errors? Missteps in the questions?
Pathetic. Poisoning the well, typical sour gr_apes tactic of the theist.
What makes you think I didn’t do that? I almost JOINED your side.
I cited my sources & explained my ‘outlandish’ claims. Do try to address them w/o the standard ‘oh, you just don’t understand, you’re quoting out of context’ folderol, or just piss off.
Karen wrote:
Thaddeus didn’t like atheisim being defined in terms of theism, and started searching for some other label. I didn’t know that he wasn’t going to write here anymore. Thaddeus wrote some good stuff hopefully he will be back.
I love those old Godzilla films! Own almost every one. And I’m under 40.
Re: Cosmicbrat’s long post…
Of course it seems disjointed.. mostly because I don’t spoonfeed, nor burp, nor change diapies… is why you don’t enjoy fillers and bridges in my works.. like your lovely home books do for you…
If you got a headache, you are defending the faith…
Do you really want reality.. or are you actually content to remain lost in the pages of a ancient fairytale..? like how a large portion of NorthAmerican lifestyle is based upon Hans Christian Anderson’s manuscripts for kids…
I recall working with a fellow who followed that code… On Fridays he would take a bath, so-o early, Fri-day even-ing… and Monday was for “this is the way we wash our clothes, wash our clothes, wash our clothes”…
I really tried to convince him that a bath everyday would be a much better MO… By Wednesday the office staff we’re all holding their noses, and avoiding his part of the shop like a plague…
This is the way we hold our noses, hold our noses, hold our noses, all day Wednesday and Thursday mornings…
Live in your books if you must… All I’m saying is that there is more than you have been lead to believe…
Surpass your books… That’s what books are for…
Books are like stepping stones.. not cabins…
Only snakes and bugs live under rocks…
Cosmicbrat = cosmic bot?
Cosmicbrat:
Ahhh, the palaver of the self-appointed messiah.
Come to lead us home, have you?
That’s okay – I have tylenol. But finite patience.
Knock, knock, hello? Fairytale? Do you know where you’re at? To whom you speak?
A brief glimpse into the mathmatical alchemy of quantum physics is assurance enough of that.
I’d be willin’ to bet I’ve seen more o’ this wild wooly life than ye, oh precocious purveyor of the pithy.
The only wise thing you’ve said thus far.
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? (Which is: protestant, catholic, evolution, atheism, satanism, etc.). Religion can not save…. you from… “HELL”
“Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest.” Matthew 11:28
“The Lord is good. when trouble comes, He is a strong refuge. And He knows everyone who trust Him”
-Separation of church and state? are they one? the true church is not of this world, they are just a passersby, their home is “HEAVEN”
-Atheist are positive? really? Where is your “HOPE”? Are you living like dogs, after you die you’ll go six feet deep?
-With gay marriage the country would be a better place? Really again… Remember the Sodom and Gommorah… because of immorality, un-natural, evil life, the beast w/c is satan makes them foolish like insane. Cells that goes against the flow in our body will cause a cancer. Death to this world will come like the “Noahs day, Soddoms & gomm’s day and at present will be the “Armaggedon’s day.
-Left behind games? It’ only a game. Why are you affected by it? Watch for “ETERNITY” you are not like dogs, you have body and soul…but lack of spirit bec. of Adam & Eves sin in paradise (decieved by satan)… “dead”. unless you will be “BORN AGAIN”. you will live (also the spirit) forever thru Christ the only saviour of our soul.
-Atheist not arrogant…confidence? Like satan?, when he offered the world and tempted Christ in the wilderness? Is that so? “Man shall not live by bread alone but by every words that comes out from the mouth of Jesus Christ”
“Choose life not death! Not every choice you make in life will be momentous or have eternal consequences. but every decision contributes to your character. Like a stalactite formed over time by the steady dripping of water, you become the individual you are by your daily actions.
When you use God’s standard for making decisions, you will become like Him with each passing day.
But if you use satan’s….You will…
Put scriptures in your heart, and when you face a tough decision, you will have a powerful resource to help you make it a good one.
“Living is a constant process of deciding what we are going to do”.
God loves us all.
With compassion,
Bien