The Christian Taliban and the Christian Al-Qaeda have the entire nuclear weapon

Faith Fountains: Norris Vs. Weinstein

By Nathan Diebenow

Religious Freedomfighter Takes On Fundamentalism In Military
You may have heard a number of "facts" about Chuck Norris.

Like, for instance:

"Chuck Norris doesn’t read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants."

Or how about:

"There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live."

Or my favorite:

"Chuck Norris can lead a horse to water AND make it drink."

Though these are funny plays on Norris’ superhuman, silver-screen image, there is some truth to them…

… well, in the mind of Chuck Norris, that is.

See, the martial artist, actor, recent convert to Christianity denies the existence of a cabal of Christian fundamentalists promoting their doctrine from within the U.S. military against the terms of the Constitution.

Norris’ denial came in an Oct. 8, 2007, WorldNetDaily commentary in which he questioned a federal lawsuit brought on by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

The suit was filed in federal court in Kansas City, Mo. on behalf of a Spc. Jeremy Hall this past September.

It alleges that Hall’s superior officer threatened to block his reenlistment upon hearing that the specialist wanted to hold a meeting of atheists in Iraq.

Its aim is to uproot the network of Christian fundamentalism that has inched its way inside the halls of the military over the last 30 years.

But Norris won’t have any of it.

"It’s one thing to cite select discrimination cases; it’s quite another to prove a universal, unconstitutional pattern in the military. But that is the MRFF’s aim: ‘to show there is a pattern and practice of constitutionally impermissible promotions of religious beliefs within the Department of Defense,’" Norris wrote.

"The question is: Is the MRFF basing such a goal on a preponderance of evidence or have they already drawn the conclusion and are going out hunting for alleged data to support it?"

Oh, hell, yeah, we’ve got evidence! said MRFF, pointing to its report, "Government Paid Missionaries for Christ."

After a six-month investigation, MRFF found mounds of documents showing fundamentalist Christian groups conspiring to influence the U.S. armed forces.

There are at least 6,000 complaints from active duty service men and women from all branches of the military tormented by Christian fundamentalists.

Ninety-six percent of these complaints come from Christians since MRFF was founded, according to MRFF President Mikey Weinstein.

And just who is tormenting these military men and women?

One needs look no further than the Campus Crusade for Christ.

Its stated mission is "to win people to Christ, build them in their faith, and send them out to win, build and send others."

The interdenominational organization’s many claims to fame include:

· Being the largest evangelical organization in the United States, according to USA Today.

· Distributing The Jesus Film, the most widely translated and viewed film in history.

· Employing thousands of staff and volunteers in 190 countries around the world.

· Ranking in the top 50 in total revenue for all U.S. charitable organizations, according to Forbes magazine (2005).

Campus Crusade targets not only families, students, athletes and professionals, it also goes after people in the military through its Military Ministry.

Ret. Army Maj. Gen. Bob Dees, the executive director of Campus Crusade’s Military Ministry, in fact, gives a clear and frank account of his ministry’s purpose in a recent You Tube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyzna43itw).

"We seek to transform the nations of the world through the militaries of the world," the former major general said. "That’s Military Ministry in a nutshell."

So how much money is behind this nut’s shell?

Try $497,516,000.

That’s what Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability estimates Campus Crusade’s total revenue for the year ending Aug. 31, 2006.

This half-a-billion dollars funds 29 of Campus Crusade’s other subsidiaries, including the Military Ministry.

And the Military Ministry is further subdivided into three sectors that target: basic training installations (Military Gateways); military academies (Military Campus Ministry); and ROTC sites (Valor Cadet and Midshipman Ministry).

The Campus Military Gateways is still further divided into branch organizations that target individual bases and training centers.

They’ve got Airmen for Christ out of Lackland Air Force Base.

Then there’s Sailors for Christ at the Great Lakes Recruit Training Command and Navy Training School Command.

And Warriors for Christ at Parris Island.

Not to mention an operation at Fort Jackson, the largest Army basic training location.

More operations are expected to grow at Fort Benning , Fort Leonard Wood, and Fort Sill.

These operations are no secret.

But some still have it in their heads that there is no coordinated conspiracy of fundamentalist Christians infiltrating the U.S. military.

"To say that this is a coordinated conspiracy from some religious center in the world that’s sending dominionists into the military, I just don’t believe that," said Stephen Mansfield, best-selling author of The Faith George W. Bush, on Dan Rather Reports.

Well, believe it if you read the how-to instruction manuals for the Campus Crusade Military Ministry and the Military Missions Network.

These documents outline recruitment tools for fundamentalist soldiers and officers to follow to fulfill the "Great Commission" as found in Matthew 28:19 — "Go and make disciples of all nations."

The instructions are pretty detailed:

"Now, you don’t have to put on your posters such warnings: ‘An event designed to convert you to Christ!’ If you are planning, for example, a more evangelistically intense event; however, you should include a gentle tip-off. ‘Hear the inside scoop on leadership from Admiral So & So and learn about his intriguing, behind-the-scenes spiritual journey and its effect on his leadership.’"

Believe Weinstein.

It will take a lot more than the chaplains and the academy heads to stop these organizations from practicing their recruitment activities on U.S. military bases and training grounds.

In fact, many of these leaders themselves participate in these activities.

Chaplain, Colonel Tom Blasé is on the MMN Board of Directors.

Maj. Gen. Robert L. Caslen — the 70th Commandant of Cadets at West Point — was not only a Discipleship Group leader for Campus Crusade’s Christian Embassy, but a council member of the OCF, an organization that endorses the Military Ministry.

Weinstein knows what he is up against:

"I wake up each day ready to go up and kick some ass and leave some fucking chest wounds on these fucking unconstitutional ‘heart of darkness’ people."

Heart of darkness?

"Yes, these fundamentalist Christians that do not respect our Constitution."

But the fight is for a lot more than the Constitution.

These fundamentalists have almost complete control over the most lethal organization the world has ever known: our U.S. military.

"This is not an ‘issue.’ This is not a ‘problem.’ This is a national security threat," Weinstein explained to the Iconoclast. "This is the Christian Taliban and the Christian Al-Qaeda that we’re fighting. Let me assure you. They have WMDs. It’s an open question as to whether the Islamic Al-Qaeda and Taliban do. Saddam had none.

"But the Christian Taliban and the Christian Al-Qaeda have the entire nuclear weapon arsenal at their disposal, all including laser guided and conventional weapons."

So Weinstein holds on to the promise of the Founding Framers of the U.S. Constitution.

This promise entails the beauty of religious freedom, found in the First Amendment.

Say you have a spiritual thirst, explained Weinstein.

The Framers made it possible for people of any faith to drink at any time and at any rate from bubbling fountains of their choosing around the country.

"If you feel you need to drink as much or as little as you want to quench you’re spiritual thirst, pick any fountain you want to – even the fountain that says, ‘No faith,’" he said.

In contrast, these Christian fundamentalists, from Chuck Norris to Campus Crusade, don’t care about these fountains.

They only care about their own.

And they are hooking up their springs to firehoses, shooting streams at people "eerily reminiscent of what happened in Selma, Alabama, in the 1960s."

"Or worse! They’re water-boarding people to accept their biblical worldview," Weinstein said. "You should not be strapped to a tree and hit with a firehose from any one particular biblical worldview or be waterboarded."

You hear that, Chuck?

You can’t make a horse drink.

It’s unconstitutional.

But let’s abide by the Constitution, and allow the federal court to decide, said Weinstein.

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