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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-21-04 02:51 AM
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4. More to the point...
Is it just me or did I happen to miss out on the part in the Bible that Jesus gives the Competitor's Creed and offers his worshipers the ability to kick ass on the playing field if only they believe in him?

...I think I also missed out on the part in the Bible where Jesus told people to join the Air Force so that they could drop fragmentation bombs or napalm on civilians.

And, although I've consulted many translations, I've yet to find one where the "Sermon on the Mount" passage (Matthew 5:39) was rendered as "But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also...then call in an airstrike."

Furthermore, I'm not sure Christ would have approved of the cross hanging in the Air Force Academy chapel, which is rendered in the form of a stylized fighter jet.

:puke:

(On second thought, maybe He would have found it sadly appropriate... :cry: )
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