{"id":21731,"date":"2013-03-05T02:02:25","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T05:02:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=21731"},"modified":"2016-11-26T01:45:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T04:45:17","slug":"michael-weinstein-says-christians-worse-than-neo-nazis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/05\/michael-weinstein-says-christians-worse-than-neo-nazis\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Weinstein Says Christians Worse than Neo-Nazis"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’re not the “right kind<\/em>” of Christian while you serve in the US military, it seems Michael Weinstein — frequent critic of religious freedom in the US military —\u00a0really <\/em>doesn’t like you so much<\/a> — and he apparently wants the government to come after you [formatting original]:<\/p>\n

The forced imposition of fundamentalist Christianity throughout our American armed forces is the perpetual “flavor of the day,” and has been for decades [sic<\/em>]…<\/p>\n

[There is] continual, systemic proselytizing among United States military personnel. This brainwashing results in widespread, brutal stigmatizing of those opposed or indifferent to fundamentalist Christian doctrine–a savage trampling of their Constitutional rights!…<\/p>\n

How…does allowing this utterly reprehensible nonsense to continue not produce a greater threat than the handful of neo-Nazis still getting together for bonfires and hate parades?…<\/p>\n

The skinheads, the sheet-wearers, and the cross-burners are easy to spot. But the more devastating injury…is the stark and severe NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT <\/em><\/strong>wrought by those in suits, in vestments, and–most disgracefully of all–in the uniform of our nation’s armed forces.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is consistent with Weinstein’s long-running\u00a0theme of painting Christians\u00a0as the ‘worst’ possible threat — a “national security threat,” even — because such a declaration might justify violating the otherwise Constitutionally-protected religious liberty of the faith group he loathes.\u00a0 So, if you believe in a version of Christianity that is Michael Weinstein ApprovedTM<\/sup> (apparently meaning you meet the MRFF definition of a “true <\/em>Christian”<\/a>), you’re probably ok.\u00a0 If not…<\/p>\n

Of course, this folderol comes\u00a0from a man who also said<\/p>\n

There is only one religious symbol: The American flag.
\nThere is only one religious scripture: The American Constitution.
\nThere is only one religious faith: American patriotism.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Michael Weinstein, Military Religious Freedom Foundation<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You know, a guy named Rosenberg said something similar once, when he likewise\u00a0tried to elevate “the nation” to the status of a religion and create “only one religious symbol,” and “only one religious scripture:”<\/p>\n

The Christian Cross…must be superseded by the only unconquerable symbol, the swastika.
\nOn the altars there must be nothing but Mein Kampf…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 – Alfred Rosenberg<\/a>, Chief Nazi philosopher<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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While he had a bit of a run in Germany in the 1940s, it didn’t turn out so well for him in the end.<\/p>\n

Michael Weinstein obviously has more in common with those who trample <\/em>religious freedom than those who protect <\/em>it.\u00a0 It’s not turning out well for him, either.<\/p>\n

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