{"id":35055,"date":"2016-05-06T00:30:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T03:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=35055"},"modified":"2016-11-24T21:38:31","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T00:38:31","slug":"usaf-enlisted-pow-cites-need-for-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/06\/usaf-enlisted-pow-cites-need-for-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"USAF Enlisted POW Cites Need for Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"robinson\"In a interesting case of coincidental timing, at the same time Michael “Mikey” Weinstein was demanding the removal of Bibles<\/a> from POW\/MIA displays — Bibles that represented “the strength gained through faith” in captivity — the longest-held enlisted POW, retired Capt. William A. Robinson, was telling Airmen at Lackland AFB<\/a> about the faith he needed to survive [emphasis added]:<\/p>\n

“I had faith in myself, faith in those around me, faith in my country and faith in my God<\/strong>,” said Robinson.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Capt Robinson’s story was mentioned here<\/a> in 2013 — the first<\/em> time a POW\/MIA table was attacked.\u00a0 (Notably, the IG and EO office defended<\/em> the table then, and the story died.) Of course, it isn’t just him. Retired USAF Col Fred Cherry said the same thing<\/a>, as have many other POWs.<\/p>\n

Faith in God helped them survive, and it helped them return with honor.<\/p>\n

That’s why it is fitting that\u00a0POW\/MIA displays, which have symbols representing many aspects of separation and captivity, generally include a Bible.<\/p>\n

This isn’t to say these former POWs would ‘demand’ a Bible on a POW\/MIA table — no one else is making that demand, either. But it seems fair to say that these former POWs — in whose memory the table is set<\/strong> — did<\/em> gain “strength through faith” and would appreciate the symbolic setting of the table, including the Bible.<\/p>\n

That’s not enough for Mikey Weinstein, whose hatred for Christianity is so strong that he called a Bible<\/a> on a table\u00a0“illicit”\u00a0and<\/p>\n

a pernicious example of unconstitutional, fundamentalist Christian primacy, supremacy, exceptionalism and triumphalism.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And why is a Bible such an affront to Weinstein? Well, because Jesus.<\/p>\n

Since Weinstein likes to cite numbers<\/a>, it is notable that he has a few “clients” — one, in one case — who were offended by the Bibles, none of whom was a POW\/MIA. By contrast, the ACLJ reported more than 120,000 signatures<\/a> on their opposing petition defending the Bible.<\/p>\n

Notably, Mikey Weinstein would probably say Gen Robbie Risner “spiritually raped” his fellow POWs, as he went so far as to order them to pray<\/a> and attend church<\/a> services. Because that’s the kind of classy guy Weinstein is.<\/p>\n

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