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he has no business there.

Don't know what it was, but it wasn't this OT line of reasoning.

That's a book that you can make sound like whatever you want to.

Hmm... very useful from the pupit or your favorite radio station.

don't get deployed. A little drastic but probably effective.

To just resign his commission

but it sounds as if Sonny is the one who serves Satan.

Assholes like this don't belong amongst heroes. Get rid of him.

How utterly ignorant and offensive. Ugh, Christian Supremacists.

BTW, Chaplain, Buddhism likely influenced Jesus' worldview, since it proceeded him by 500 years. There's nothing anti-Christian about it.

Former U.S. Air Force Chaplain - what complete ass--hole and a slap in the face to 100,000s of men and women of other faiths that have served and will serve -

A recipe for trouble

Of fairly high rank.

He told us that the Air Force is chock full of personnel who are just like this guy.

Born Again, Evangelical narrow minded white Christian God-before-everything types.

I find that attitude very very disturbing, but hey, what else is new in the US?

I cannot help but ponder what would happen to these individuals, if somehow it was clear to them beyond a doubt that their God did not exist, and in fact was completely a creation of man.

I also cannot help but wonder how they can be so ignorant about reality on this planet, where there are religions like Hinduism that were well established thousands of years before Christ.

Oh, I forgot, creation is only 6,000 years old, so that is "fake news".

If only the good people of this earth could just leave all of this nonsense, hatred and disunity behind, and truly work for a better world for all, now.

This farcical pie-in-the-sky model sure is not working.

The wisdom of Tito (Terry) Francona, the coach of the fabulous Cleveland Indians, would go far in this world.

He basically always states that he coaches the team to not worry about the next game, they are here to play and win now.
The players always say this in interviews, and they are surely a marvelous team to know and watch.

an unrepentant whoremonger, and -- read your Bible, Captain -- that puts America's security at risk.

Has a history of this kind of BS. Would not be surprising if he is a product?

I was an NCO in the Army and I never met a Chaplain like that! But this has been going on in the USAF, especially at their academy for a number of years!

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/23/politics/air-force-academy-staff-found-promoting-religion.html


https://www.au.org/church-state/may-2005-church-state/people-events/air-force-academy-rocked-by-charges-of-religious


http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/03/airforce.religion/index.html?_s=PM:US


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/17/air-force-academy-religion-proselytism_n_1678092.html

I don't know what the church environment is like around West Point or Annapolis.

My Army chaplain was kept things generic and low-key, but that was fifty years ago.

In 27 years of service, I never met a chaplain like this AND do not believe it would be tolerated.

Somebody watching this story should tell us how long the good chaplain continues to be a USAF officer.

Not that he ever would but I'd suggest that he get out into the world a little more, meet more people, read more books, study other religions and philosophies (since that seems to be his thing) and learn the histories of at least the major religions (for example, the writings of Huston Smith). This meme in Christianity about all other religions being "of Satan" is a little worn out in today's inter-connected world. Sadly, it still scares a lot of people and I've no doubt he likes that little power trip.

That's not The oath he took as an officer either

he'll be making the rounds complaining that he's been persecuted for his religious beliefs.

I think it is as a result of the conjunction of the Academy and Colorado Springs. I guess he forgot he swore an oath to uphold the constitution and not to uphold the Bible.

Many Protestants and Catholics consider the other to be false Christians.

He does not even have to consider other religions concerning his personal beliefs.

So much for the Judeo-Christian theory of our country's heritage?

many of which have stars of David or Crescents on them instead of crosses.

Either that, or an inherent flaw in the human brain. If the latter then there's little hope that mankind will survive long enough to evolve beyond it.

or command in the military. they need to be GONE.

Calling Michael Newdow

The U.S. military, which defends pride, material success, carnal indulgence, and individual freedom, is The Great Satan.

Link to tweet

Get rid of him.

"I, (name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;..."

has been fighting this stuff in the Air Force for some time.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/air-force-sued-over-religion/

He started the following website for this purpose:

https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org

for years - exactly...

From his website...MRFF -

Mikey Weinstein is the undisputed leader of the national movement to restore the obliterated wall separating church and state in the most technologically lethal organization ever created by humankind: the United States armed forces.

When you do look him up there are so many hateful op-eds against him..and of course..coming in from the real xtians - don'tcha know..

Pathetic - this so called chaplain needs to be dismissed....

They should disavow the Constitution they have sworn an oath to protect,
and to not only believe in his invisible friend exclusively, but to also not tolerate any others from having their own invisible friends. And if you do tolerate this, you are in bed with his invisible monster.

...while saying shit like this, is unacceptable.

If this chaplain had said something like "black people are no good and don't belong in the army" he'd be canned.

And he should also lose his job for the statement he DID make.

.....is a piece of shit!!! Good night

The asshole is a clear public menace, and yes, he's got higher ambitions

I can't see this being tolerated by an officer or someone who has much sway over people as a chaplain.

This is America. The freaking Pilgrims came here to escape the freaking chistofascists of Europe. Get a freaking clue about E Pluribus Unum. And resign immediately. You have disgraced yourself and the Air Force.

Accept no substitutes

There's no need to go through the whole Summary, General Court Martial process.

and other money-making opportunities

Why does the Air Force tolerate this shit?

Seems to me the devil did take Sonny Hernandez up to the parapet of the temple, and that he failed the test. Those weren't the wigs of heavenly angels carrying him down.

Matthew 4:5

A lot of these Air Force jocks do fail that test.

If it were up to me, I'd severely prune back the entire military industrial complex, and then I'd dissolve the Air Force back into the Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard, leaving out all the self-proclaimed right wing Christian nut jobs.

Guys like Hernandez and the higher ranks that defend them shouldn't be anywhere near nuclear weapons. The scary thing is that the radical right Christian wing of the Air Force probably has a few stashed away for their masturbatory Armageddon fantasies.

If he is uncomfortable with other faiths, he has no business being an Air Force chaplain. A chaplain's job is to offer spiritual counsel, not for his personal beliefs and personal brand of Christianity on others.