{"id":39457,"date":"2017-01-02T00:15:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T03:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=39457"},"modified":"2017-01-02T03:08:58","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T06:08:58","slug":"mashs-father-mulcahy-dies-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/02\/mashs-father-mulcahy-dies-at-84\/","title":{"rendered":"MASH’s Father Mulcahy Dies at 84"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"William Christopher, who played Catholic Priest and US Army Chaplain (Capt) Francis Mulcahy on “M.A.S.H.,” the Korean War military\/medical black comedy TV show in the 1970s\u00a0and early 1980s, died on New Years Eve<\/a>. He was 84. While the show’s irreverence, humor, and social commentary made it a bit of a cultural icon well into the 1980s, it is less well known today. Still, “Father Mulcahy” has managed to live on in the American lexicon.<\/p>\n

Regrettably, one place Christopher’s character has lived on is in the vitriol of Michael “Mikey” Weinstein, who has (incorrectly) cited<\/a> Father Mulcahy as a model<\/a> of the diluted doctrinal ambiguity he claims military chaplains used<\/em> to have — and should be required<\/em> to have. (One of Mikey Weinstein’s frequent supporters is Christopher’s fellow M.A.S.H. star Mike Farrell, who played MASH doctor Captain BJ Hunnicutt, and who is apparently an ardent conspiracy theorist<\/a> — and apparent anti-Trump activist<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

While he wasn’t a real military chaplain, Christopher brought life and a unique flavor to a role that entertained millions — and he did it for that purpose: to entertain. He can be remembered well for that, rather than have his legacy tarnished by those who would attempt to use the soft-spoken, bespectacled Priest to further their personal agendas against religious liberty.<\/p>\n

Also at the Stars and Stripes<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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