The Crusades never really ended, did they. The problem, as I see it, with gallivanting around the globe killing folks in the name of spreading Christianity is that it shows the "missionary expedition" as exactly what it is: ignorant, arrogant, judgmental pricks with no understanding of (nor desire to understand) their fellow man... nor the teachings of their own prophet - or is that "Profit". They make no effort to know or understand the culture of the people they choose to dominate.
A little understanding and tolerance could go a long way toward bettering the world in which we live. But just try telling that to a bunch of Bible Thumpers with guns!
Do you really expect me to believe that all four branches of the armed forces are only just learning of this clear and direct violation of The Constitution? HAYELL no! They are only just realizing that they may be held to account.
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Following efforts by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), all four branches of the U.S. Military have revoked their approval of the Military series of Holman Christian Standard Bibles (HCSB). The Holman Bible is a modern English, Baptist translation that was completed in 2004 and is published by LifeWay Christian Resources’ Holman Bible Publishers, a subsidiary of the Evangelical fundamentalist Southern Baptist Bible Convention. These editions were prominently emblazoned with exact replicas of the trademarked emblems of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
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