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[Roadrunner]

Personally, I would replace the "offending" verse with Matthew 10:33

"But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven."

[darkshier]

On Thursday, however, Army Gen. David Petraeus, Central Command's top officer, called the practice "disturbing."

"This is a serious concern to me and the other commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan," Petraeus told an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

In a statement issued later by the command, Petraeus said that "cultural and religious sensitivities are important considerations in the conduct of military operations."

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Marine Corps spokeswoman Capt. Geraldine Carey said the service "is making every effort to remove these markings from all of our scopes and will ensure that all future procurement of these scopes will not have these types of markings."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_military_weapons_bible_references

[extreme45]

[stormy_clothing]

Sensitive wars - lol

How about being truly sensitive to the fact a Muslim nation will never stop trying to kill us and try staying out of there playpen.

I'm not a religious person but if I was a Marine in Iraq I wouldnt be tripping over myself to apply the modification aka piece of tape over it.

Instead I would spend the time memorizing Ezekiel 27:16 and developing my bullhorn skills.

[Gryff]

Biblical verses are inappropriate on government equipment. If Trijicon wants to put them on their equipment sold to private citizens, that's their right. It needs to come off of anything supplied as part of a government contract, though.

[stormy_clothing]

it's funny how quick they are to welcome another religious symbol with greedy fat fingered hands though



OMG jesus money insta sin for all Iraqi's !!!!!!!!!

[Q]

Bible coded=Collectors item!

[TKM]

Biblical verses are inappropriate on government equipment. If Trijicon wants to put them on their equipment sold to private citizens, that's their right. It needs to come off of anything supplied as part of a government contract, though.

The ACLU is going to crap a concrete gargoyle when they find out what the .mil issue to chaplains.

[cannon]

We have freedom of religion not freedom from religion. If a private citizen or company wants to include their beliefs on their products. Who cares?

[JerryM]

TKM, you hit the nail in the head. I've seen plenty of chaplains with their cross in their ACUs. Next thing you'll see:

No more pork at the dining facility.
No more rosaries.
No more St. Patrick medallions.
No more soldier's bibles.
No more alcoholic beverages (oh wait...).
No more cigarettes.

Good, bad or indiferent, that's where we are heading.

[dwa]

We have freedom of religion not freedom from religion. If a private citizen or company wants to include their beliefs on their products. Who cares?

if a customer asks for units without the beliefs on them is that okay?

[run8]

Here's what is on both of my ACOG's civilian version, I'm so offended now, lol.

[sirdutch]

Trijicon

Holy smoke! All we have time for is to be worried about a Bible verse on a scope? If it were porn it wouldn't raise a stink. What a stupid world we live in!

[darkshier]

We have freedom of religion not freedom from religion. If a private citizen or company wants to include their beliefs on their products. Who cares?

The Army and the Marine Corps. care enough to get rid of them....

[run8]

As Glenn Beck says on his show, things as such are diversionary tactics to get around the real problems at hand and to take your mind off what's really going on, such as Health Care, TARP and all the other BS that current adminstration has made worse.

If I were Trijicon I wouldn't take the verses off to please someone, but I can see too from a monetary standpoint that the loss of the contract to the Marine Corp could spell job loss, so what is one to do, give into the pressure of course.

Though while it is trivial on a whole, it's just another sign of how soft our country is getting on things.

Holy smoke! All we have time for is to be worried about a Bible verse on a scope? If it were porn it wouldn't raise a stink. What a stupid world we live in!