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U.S. soldiers encouraged to spread message of their Christian faith in Afghanistan

Re: U.S. soldiers encouraged to spread message of their Christian faith in Afghanista

DamnYankee said:
I don't know, why do they "need" to be anything?



Then why do leftists get their panties all twisted up?
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I don't know. Probably for the same reason that some people confuse being total jackasses with being "very conservative".
 
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winston53660 said:
What does that have do with the price of tea in China..eyeroll.
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I don't know, you brought the Puritans into this.
 
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Laila said:
Christians do not need to be converted anywhere.
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Many Muslims disagree -- especially those Muslims that fly airplanes into buildings and blow themselves up among busses full of schoolkids.

You do not see me preaching Islam and attempting to convert anyone.
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I wasnt talking about you.
 
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DamnYankee said:
Then why do leftists get their panties all twisted up?
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Because them preaching Christianity in a country where it is illegal can lead to death.
Not to mention they are not there to spread the Bible or whatever other religion. They are there to do a job that they are paid for.
If Soldiers wish to help people "to" Jesus. Do it when you are off duty and out of the country
 
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American said:
I don't know, you brought the Puritans into this.
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As an example of forced religion. Had I used the Taliban I'm sure you would have been more than gung ho.
 
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jallman said:
I don't know. Probably for the same reason that some people confuse being total jackasses with being "very conservative".
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Cool. You'll find in life not everyone thinks like you. It's called maturity.
 
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Laila said:
Because them preaching Christianity in a country where it is illegal can lead to death.
Not to mention they are not there to spread the Bible or whatever other religion. They are there to do a job that they are paid for.
If Soldiers wish to help people "to" Jesus. Do it when you are off duty and out of the country
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How can they help those people if they are out of the country?
 
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Goobieman said:
Many Muslims disagree -- especially those Muslims that fly airplanes into buildings and blow themselves up among busses full of schoolkids.
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I respectfully disagree.

No offence but Christians are widely seen as rubbish believers. The Western Christians generally tend to pick and choose what they like and i could hardly call them being observent to God generally speaking and from my experiences.

And no, no Muslim actively seeks to convert others. Anyone who wishes to convert to Islam. They come to us. Not the other way around.
 
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DamnYankee said:
Cool. You'll find in life not everyone thinks like you. It's called maturity.
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And you will find not everyone in life behaves as poorly as you. It's called civility.
 
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jallman said:
Again, if you can show that Christianity and "that book" were the basis for millions of deaths and not the people and their motivations, I'll convert to buddhism today.
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"And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me" KJV Matthew 10:38. Luke 14:27.

The stimulant and justification for the crusades was established from the Bible.

What type of Buddhism interests you more? :mrgreen:
 
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Laila said:
I respectfully disagree.
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That just makes you wrong.

And no, no Muslim actively seeks to convert others.
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This is, of course, a lie.

Well, no, that's not necessary true.
You may actually believe that NO Muslim actively seeks to convert others.
That just makes you wrong; its not a lie unless you KNOW what you're saying is false.

(Of couse, I believe you KNOW what you're saying is false)
 
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Re: U.S. soldiers encouraged to spread message of their Christian faith in Afghanista

Too bad they aren't encouraged to spread the truth like there is no God!

Oh wait how else could we convice an 18 year old kid to sacrifice his/her young life without telling them that they won't really be dead when that IED blows their head off they'll just go to heaven instead.

Same way those Taliban guys get little kids to blow themselves up, go figure :roll:

With ****e like this there can't be a God.
 
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Goobieman said:
That just makes you wrong.

This is, of course, a lie.
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Oh please.
I have never seen Muslims nagging people in the street with leaflets.
Nor knocking on doors.
NOR going into countries abroad that does not already have a Muslim majority and trying to convert Non Muslims.
Not handing out aid to Africa along with a bible and telling them to find Jesus.

I don't care. Quality over quantity but for Christians it seems to be the opposite.
It's ridiculous to say Muslims actively seek to convert Non Muslims.
One or two is nothing. It generally does not occur.
 
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Laila said:
Because them preaching Christianity in a country where it is illegal can lead to death.
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Perhaps. Anything CAN lead to something. Amazing isn't it. Spread the good Word and people will still preach to others despite the threat of death.

Not to mention they are not there to spread the Bible or whatever other religion. They are there to do a job that they are paid for.
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Rules are broken all the time. But I understand your anger.

If Soldiers wish to help people "to" Jesus. Do it when you are off duty and out of the country
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A soldiers job is to kill people and break things. So in essence they are helping them to Jesus. :rofl
 
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American said:
How can they help those people if they are out of the country?
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Wonderful.
Problem solved.

Don't try to begin with.
 
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Laila said:
Oh please.
I have never seen Muslims nagging people in the street with leaflets.
Nor knocking on doors.
NOR going into countries abroad that does not already have a Muslim majority and trying to convert Non Muslims.
Not handing out aid to Africa along with a bible and telling them to find Jesus.
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So what?
You're still wrong.
 
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DamnYankee said:
Rules are broken all the time. But I understand your anger.
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Military rules are there for a reason .... i doubt it was there for fun

What anger?
 
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This is nothing to be concerned over. Hardly anyone gives a **** what the Chaplain says. They come in, make everyone wake up, stop eating, stop reading, stop playing their PSP so we can all get together and listen to them run their mouths for about ten minutes. Most of the troops are just looking at their watches, waiting for him to shut up, so they can go back to doing whatever it was they were doing before this jerk interrupted their free time. Honestly, this is nothing to be worried about. Troops don't care about converting anyone. They care about the following things:

1. Avoiding death.
2. Avoiding injury.
3. Sleeping and eating.
4. The occasional port-a-potty fantasy.

That's it, nothing more to it. Perhaps there are a few morons who think it's alright to go around trying to convert people but they'd never actually be allowed to do it. Their squad-leader, or team-leader, or platoon commander would just tell them to stfu and watch their sector. Seriously, I’m laughing right now just thinking about someone in my team trying to convert an Iraqi during a combat patrol. I would have punched the **** out of them.
 
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Laila said:
Oh please.
I have never seen Muslims nagging people in the street with leaflets.
Nor knocking on doors.
NOR going into countries abroad that does not already have a Muslim majority and trying to convert Non Muslims.
Not handing out aid to Africa along with a bible and telling them to find Jesus.

I don't care. Quality over quantity but for Christians it seems to be the opposite.
It's ridiculous to say Muslims actively seek to convert Non Muslims.
One or two is nothing. It generally does not occur.
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Laila...just don't. It's so not worth it to mire yourself in a fruitless conversation with that one. Just let it go and save yourself the frustration.
 
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Goobieman said:
So what?
You're still wrong.
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What a wonderful argument.
Has so much substance, i can even imagine the evidence you are giving me.

Stop BS'ing
We all know you are wrong.
Actively converting is a Christian and only Christian thing to do.
Don't foist your baggage onto the rest of us
 
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jallman said:
Laila...just don't. It's so not worth it to mire yourself in a fruitless conversation with that one. Just let it go and save yourself the frustration.
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Done.
I'm off for a fag
 
Re: U.S. soldiers encouraged to spread message of their Christian faith in Afghanista

Laila said:
Oh please.
I have never seen Muslims nagging people in the street with leaflets.
Nor knocking on doors.
NOR going into countries abroad that does not already have a Muslim majority and trying to convert Non Muslims.
Not handing out aid to Africa along with a bible and telling them to find Jesus.

I don't care. Quality over quantity but for Christians it seems to be the opposite.
It's ridiculous to say Muslims actively seek to convert Non Muslims.
One or two is nothing. It generally does not occur.
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Why would Muslims hand out Bibles? Do you have a source that prove that Muslims give aid to Africa?
 
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jallman said:
And you will find not everyone in life behaves as poorly as you. It's called civility.
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You would be more believable by practicing what you preach, kid.
 
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Read Sante Fe Independent Schoom District V. Doe.

Our military is part of our goverment and as such religion can be practiced by government members as long as its nonsectarian and non-proselytizing. As soon as you take off the uniform or are no longer acting as constituient of our government you can prosletize and preach all you want.
 
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DamnYankee said:
You would be more believable by practicing what you preach, kid.
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Get back to me when you have established yourself, sparky.
 
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