Are Evangelical Churches Recruiting?!?!?!

[cyberpj]

This info was posted previously but the hits have stopped and I thought this Subject line might catch and inform some more Duers.....

I wouldn't have believed it without seeing it with my own eyes in the photos.

The print is small and you may need to make it bigger to read but DO check this out. It's posted by a kid who was taken to a special church night by his Dad and decided to try out his new digital camera.

I mean, hey --- it makes sense --- might as well go where the people are already used to being brainwashed, right?

Jesus-F'ing-Christ - This is getting scarier by the day!!!

quotes from the main article:

"After that, they had guys wearing the traditional US uniforms over time walk out in order while scenes from a Jesus movie I cant recall played. I was never aware of voodoo style witch doctors, or Indiana Jones being members of our military (far left and second from right respectively in the first pic). I think it’s kinda funny that unless I’m wrong that fellow on the far left of the second pic is wearing a confederate uniform. I know it’s ridiculously bad taste but yes, that really is Jesus on the cross in the first picture…in behind our troops. When the final modern troop stepped out too the front and center he thrust his rifle one handed into the air to shouts of approval, the Jesus footage was still playing, and at that particular point even my dad was uncomfortable.

(snip)

At this point Captain Sturecker preached to us in full dress uniform about his early faith was based in fear of going to hell, but now he doesn’t need to fear death, and about his experiences in the black hawk afair. In particular he prayed after his first drive back to base (If you‘ve seen the movie, he was the humvee driver with the injured man on strecher in the back. He was also the guy that said, “The difference in between heroes and cowards isn‘t the fear it‘s what they do with it”), and after that even though the vehicle was shot to hell, he had no casualties. He even watched an RPG barely miss its’ mark and deflect off his hood. Every word of this might be true, but it was also part of a “The lord will protect you in the military” themed sermon. I have never had both respect and disgust for a single individual with such volume in my life. When I asked him for a picture with him holding the same bible he is in the sermon picture I think my attitude came off as “fan boy”."

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Link:
http://shlonkombakazay.blogspot.com/2005/02/efficient-version-holy-st-its-fascist.html

[pelagius]

1. Evangelical churches are always recruiting...

...for the "Lord's Army"! :puke: I think the church was more interested in getting sign-ups than the armed forces. There's a big push in evangelical churches to support "Biblical roles" for the genders that center around males being a "man's man" and not "feminized."

As awful as this evening sounds, the accounts I've read don't seem to indicate any overt military recruiting activities. It seems like a chance for some wannabees to rub up against Christian warriors and do a little male bonding. What could be more masculine and godly than war, right?

As a side note, I live in a community whose largest civilian employer is a military base. There's a lot of grandstanding about "our brave American heroes" in uniform and the like, but heaven forbid that an actual enlisted family move into your neighborhood or attend your kid's school! As long as they stay on the base (except to spend money in community) and the base keeps providing jobs, we love 'em!

[cyberpj]

2. I know, but I have a special reason for asking about this -

Although I'm a non-denominational, Universal Life Force believing, Unitarian participating spiritually inclined human...

My son - who was a lost cause to drugs and alcohol for many years, is now a true Born Againer! Imagine my own surprise as he now sends me pamphlets and worries about my salvation and has been truly joined to the cult as he actually talks about The Rapture. Nay, surprise -- imagine my ANGST!

And yet he has been clean and sober for 3 years now. So while I support his belief in a higher power, I can not tell him I agree with his choice of church.

At any rate...he IS of recruitment age and might very well buy into this crap show. Draping the cross with the flag! Military men standing in front of projections of Christ on the cross!

I think this is scarier than you might be thinking.

And what a way for BushCo to get around having to admit he's going to have to start up the draft again.

Nope. Can't help it. I'm genuinely afraid now.

PJ

[bush_is_wacko]

4. You probably should be afraid. If you can get access to a deprogrammer

you might want to attempt it. I was asked to attend one of these churches and for a while it was fine, but politics and the military were discussed with frequency. I do believe SOME of them are owned and operated by bush sympathizers. Lord knows they aren't going to get access to my kids. I won't return. I pray on my own to my own version of God and teach my children they need to do the same. God wants his favorite creation to help themselves and others become BETTER, WISER MORE GENEROUS AND MORE LOVING. I haven't seen much of that REALLY done in a church environment in a LONG, LONG time!

[cyberpj]

3. kickit

:kick:

[msongs]

5. they are the American TALIBAN.................

same idears, same tactics, same view of the future....except of course for disliking those darn ........... islamics.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm