The Trump Effect inspires radical Christians in military

[Silver]

“With the advent of Trump as the commander in chief of our armed forces, MRFF has experienced a massive influx of new military and civilian personnel complaints of religion-based prejudice and bigotry, most of them coming from non-fundamentalist Christians being persecuted by their military superiors for not being ‘Christian enough,’” Weinstein tells Newsweek.

He says noncommissioned officers at one Air Force base reported that their superiors told them Trump would make it USAF policy that in order for “disbelieving Jews” to be allowed into the USAF or deemed fit for promotions, they would have to show via objectively established behavior that they were at least honestly “considering the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

At another base, the wife of a combat-decorated Muslim U.S. Naval officer, who was wearing a Muslim headscarf, was surrounded in the commissary and spit upon and cursed as not being a “true American and being a spy and a terrorist.” She was with her children at the time.

“The reality of Trump being commander in chief has unleashed a raging battle cry along the lines of ‘There’s a new sheriff in town, and he loves white, male, straight, Christian fundamentalists one hell of a lot more than anyone else,’” Weinstein says. “The fundamentalist/Dominionist bullies have been emboldened by Trump’s own bigotry and that of his henchmen to such a profound degree that MRFF considers the dire situation to be nothing less than a full-fledged national security threat to our country.”

http://www.newsweek.com/christian-fundam...eat-613428

[Mister Agenda]

This has been a sore festering in the USAF for some time. Several fundagelical organizations are based in Denver, right outside of the AF Academy. They've been making a play for cadets for decades, and as a result, the officer ranks of the USAF have an unusually high percentage of fundagelicals. Now the election of Trump has them thinking they can finally act more overtly on their theocratic impulses.

[vorlon13]

Hmmm

More heresy?

Seems like Jesus would have had new converts repudiate war prior to joining . . .

[Anomalocaris]

Praise the lord and pass the ammunition.

[Minimalist]

Jesusism is not a religion of peace either to those fucks.

[vorlon13]

Still, there will soon enough be a compensation when the 'great unwashed masses' start joining in larger numbers as social spending decreases and military spending increases.

People are going to follow the money, after all, and recruiters will see their efforts pay off big time in areas soon to be crimped by reductions in various programs for the poor.


GASP !!! These 'white and delightful Christian soldiers' are going to be integrated with their fellows of all shades.

[Fireball]

I'll have to ask my eldest son. He's in the Air force, and an atheist. After Basic and Tech School, he has always lived off base, except now that he's on Okinawa. He did tell me that in the barracks, there were NCOs dragooning the students in the TV room or break areas, coercing them to come to buybull study or prayer meetings, or whatever. He hangs out with the heathens, and ignored those guys. It's tough, when the guys outrank you, though.

[Renug]

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[NuclearEnergy]

I just really don't understand why these people connect Trump with God.

[LadyForCamus]

Fake news. ?