CHRISTIANITY IS THE ENEMY OF PEACE

Well, that's the attitude that many in the British Empire had a century ago. And it seems to be the general attitude of the US government and the US military today.

At the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign, the British Empire still used to the East India Company to add colonies to the Empire. Being strictly a business organization, East India Company officials saw Christianity, especially its missionaries, as a threat to their business interests. They were afraid that missionaries would cause a conflict with the local religions, and would force the Company to leave that territory.

After the fall of the East India Company, the British government took complete control of her many colonies. For a time, the new British military officials kept the old ban on missionaries. Once the ban was lifted, the British government realized that the missionaries did not cause a conflict; instead, they brought peace, medical care and education to the natives.

Fast forward more than one hundred years.

Today, (while many would contend that the US is not an empire) the US has its military stretched across the globe, and it seems the US military and government are following the religious playbook of the East India Company.

Yesterday, reports started coming out that some troops in Afghanistan had been encouraged by their chaplains to (gasp!) distribute religious literature, including Bibles, to the Afghans.

At first, the Pentagon said nothing. Today, the Army admitted that it has confiscated the Afghan Bibles, and reprimanded the soldiers who did so, or at least planned to give a Bible to an Afghan.

US military regulations currently bar active duty personnel from sharing their faith - whatever it is.

Some Afghan officials are calling for a major investigation, and claim this is a threat to their national security. Apparently, the Afghans, the US military and the US government find Christianity so dangerous that it is an enemy of peace.

A long time ago, in a world far, far away, there was once a military leader who said that if we wanted to bring peace to a country we should send every tract, every Bible and every missionary we could spare. And it was an American general who advised such action. Gasp! Thank the evolutionary scale that America died a long time ago!

Swampfox

TEA PARTY REDUX

A new round of Tea Parties are being planned for July 4, which falls on a Saturday this year. If the organization behind this round of TPs is half as good as the first round, it should allow more people to attend and participate at these events. The American Family Association is one of several organizations that have websites dedicated to organizing and providing information for the individual, local Tea Parties. Click here to view the AFA's Tea Party site.

You can see what Tea Parties are being organized close to your area by clicking here.

It will take a lot more than just showing up for a Tea Party to change the direction of the United States, but at least this is a start. People are finally getting fed up, and are seeing their error in blindly electing whoever appears on the ballot.

Swampfox