Crusades continue on US military rifle sights
U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret ‘Jesus’ Bible Codes
Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the United States military by a Michigan company, an ABC News investigation has found.
The sights are used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the training of Iraqi and Afghan soldiers. The maker of the sights, Trijicon, has a $660 million multi-year contract to provide up to 800,000 sights to the Marine Corps, and additional contracts to provide sights to the U.S. Army.
U.S. military rules specifically prohibit the proselytizing of any religion in Iraq or Afghanistan and were drawn up in order to prevent criticism that the U.S. was embarked on a religious “Crusade” in its war against al Qaeda and Iraqi insurgents.
One of the citations on the gun sights, 2COR4:6, is an apparent reference to Second Corinthians 4:6 of the New Testament, which reads: “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” </em>
The sad thing about this isn’t that some delusional supplier to the US Military slaps little coded biblical quotes on the rifle sights…its that too many of the troops using these weapons actually believe they are engaged in some grand battle between dark and light. I guess if they inscribed “You’re killing innocents for oil” it wouldn’t cause the same amount of blood-pumping holy war gusto in the useful idiots doing the dirty work of American imperialism.
