Are "we" becoming "them"?

A religious group, be it Christian or any other religion, would be operating contrary to regulations if doing what you describe. I can assure you that if the proper military authority is notified, there will be an investigation and action taken. At a minimum orders will be issued prohibiting these actions. At the other end of options, would be the banning of members of these organizations. Yes, it is not widely known but there is a list of banned organizations whose members can not serve in the US Armed forces. e.g. (KKK) There are quite a few more but I'm not current as to who they are.

I hope they don't end up blowing themselves and bring innocent people with them, instead of blowing the enemies up. the things that fanatics do, how awkward. I'm not saying they should open up to believers of Islam, I know that will be hard for them to do, but at least they will recognize those who are willing to fight with them even if these people are atheists.

Personally, I think the military should stay out of peoples beliefs. I was married to an Army member when the fights for non-main stream religion rights was going on and I thought the situation was rather sad. People who were willing to fight for their country were being persecuted because they didn't follow a main stream religion. Thankfully that was resolved but it took a lot of fighting for and the non-main stream religions are not fully recognized and are not a choice of religion that you can have placed on a dog tag. It is great that while in boot camp the recruits are allowed to attend religious services. I believe that is as far as it should go. The military should not show support for any religion. If people out of boot camp need help, there is always a base church with a chaplain there for them plus many local churches they can get to. If there is a true separation of church and state, then there should be a separation of the military and religion because the military is part of the government.

I'm not surprised. The Fort Jackson is in South Carolina, which is in the Bible Belt. Those people are total psychos! Just you wait, if they gain enough power, they will become the new Nazi regime and start killing people who don't conform to their beliefs. I hope enough media coverage is given to this story so that people around the country can voice their concerns and hopefully get these people out of the military.

I don't understand what the problem is with trying to get people saved and get them into Heaven. I am a believer in Christ, but my husband...although he believes in Him, hasn't accepted Him as his Lord and Savior. I for one pray for my husband every day that he will find salvation and that the Lord will do what ever it takes to bring him to his knees and turn to Him. We are not a bunch of fanatics...I just strongly believe in the Lord and His Word and have such joy and happiness with Him in my heart. Do I believe it should be pushed on them? NO, I don't. You cannot make someone believe in God...they have to want that for themselves and feel that calling laid upon their heart. You cannot change any person, all you can do is pray for them...but ultimately the decision is theirs to make not ours. As for me, I continue to pray for my husband and my children and about their faith and stuff like that...I pray life over them and I pray for happiness and I pray for my husband and my marriage that it will always be sacred to us and I do pray for the salvation of him, but it's up to him to take that step...not me. It is not a do it or be cursed upon. That is not how you win souls to Christ. God bless

I know this post will probably dramatically decrease the amount of people who want to be my friend or who will even talk to me. I also know that during this post I will probably be straying from the main subject time to time but please bear with me if this topic is of interest to you. So from this point on I am fully excercising my right to freedom of speech. SO with that out of the way. My religous affiliation for the moment remains for the larger part undecided. No that doesn't mean that I am an aethiast. On the contrary, I do believe in god. It's just that after some of the things that have happened to me and that I have seen during my life we don't exactly see eye to eye. Thats all of that subject that I am going to share with you so sorry if you want anymore info. On to the subject matter. From this point on I am going to refer to such groups as those mentioned above and any one who follows the same or similar practices as necrochristians(you will understand why later.) First off, I have a question for anyone who is not of the christian faith. Have you ever met any people like those mentioned above and if so what was your experience with them. Please post your experience so others may know the types of reliqous oppression and discrimination you have been victim to because of your beliefs. Thank you beforehand for doing so. For anyone who follows the practices of oppressing or discriminating against other peoples beliefs feel welcome to rant at me, insult me, and in your feeble attempts to outwit me with some sort of demeaning comment remember this "Your own words are a double edged sword"(think about it maybe you'll get it). Now my explanation for the necrochristian term. I am guessing most people have seen the movie Chronicles of Riddick. Do you remember what the reliqious fanatics were called? They were necromongers just incase you have forgotten. What was their purpose? TO bring the necromonger way of life to all those who did not follow their faith. How did they try to accomplish this goal? By utilizing their military forces to force the followers of other faiths to convert to their's (sound familiar). What was the belief about other faiths in the movie? Were they allowed to continue their worship? How were they treated? The answer can be summed up from one line in the movie "Convert or kill". Sounds kind of like some of the people i've met over my lifetime. Now do you understand why I chose to use the term necrochristians? If you don't then go to your local video store, rent the movie, and watch it in close detail. Needless to say, if you have watched the movie and know what I am talking about then you can understand the seriousness of the United States letting a militant religous group infiltrate our Military and how having religous fanatics in a place or position of power in said Military could lead to some major personal and global problems for the United States and its military. Not to mention the dangers and ramifications it would have for enlisted military personnel. If you would like to further discuss this topic I will be starting a new discussion entitled "Necrochristian's and their philosophies." Thank you.

As a non-Christian American, I have to say I'm not surprised. I've been dealing with evangelicals who seem to think I have to be Christian to be American my whole life, so the idea that they're in the military too doesn't surprise me one bit. I think it's sad to see the Constitution just stomped all over in this way. I can understand that people take their faith with them everywhere they go, even in the military, but breaking up another group's meeting like that? What gives them the right?

Originally, when people said that the war in the Middle East was the reincarnation of the Crusades, I thought that was ridiculous. But this is really interesting. Hopefully, this isn't a common thing in the military; if it is, it's quite contradictory of the fundamental ideology of the country. We can add this to our long list of things wrong with the government.

As a Jew, this is a very frightening development. Anytime a new group of fanatics forms it is a danger to someone. It does not matter who the fanatic group is backing. This country does not need any religious fanatics. They already had a serious problem with a General in Iraq saying that he would see to it that all the people in Iraq were converted to christianity. This is terribley wrong. No one has the right to tell another what to believe. There is something the christians are going to have to get used to and they must do it quickly. Right now the majority of the world practises some form of Islam. Christianity is in the minority and is slipping fast. China is growing very quickly and they will never be a large christian country. Indonesia is almost completely muslim. Britian will someday be a muslim majority, it is close now. If is was not for the Mexicans we might be already. Canada is getting close. Do we want to stay at war forever or lose horribly? We are going to have to find a way to come to terms with the moderates and then together figure a way to control the muslim fanatics. Turning loose a bunch of militant christian fanatics will not fix anything!!!