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U.S. military 'hostile' to Christians under Obama; morale, retention devastated

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  • Browns149 Browns149B Conversation Starter Dedicated Reacting Well Very Popular Posting Machine Collaborator First Post One Year In One Month Later Week One Done
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    Browns149B Browns149 wrote on last edited by
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    I would be mad to. Christian rock music sucks. 😛

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
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      C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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      and the officer that provoked that complaint was in serious trouble,

      because that violates the UCMJ.

      The problem I had in the AF, tech school, was I got in deep do for GOING

      to church retreats.

      I'd told that story before. And the nutjob master sgt who provoked my solution?

      Ended up in big, serious trouble. The UCMJ rules.

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        I would be mad to. Christian rock music sucks. 😛

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        F FairHooker11 wrote on last edited by
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        @browns149 said:

        I would be mad to. Christian rock music sucks. 😛

        its more like praise and worship - and its actually very good!

        but if you were talking Stryper, then well.....

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          @browns149 said:

          I would be mad to. Christian rock music sucks. 😛

          its more like praise and worship - and its actually very good!

          but if you were talking Stryper, then well.....

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          Browns149B Browns149 wrote on last edited by
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          @fairhooker11 said:

          its more like praise and worship - and its actually very good!

          but if you were talking Stryper, then well.....

          Stryper, is about all I know about it, so my previous statement stands

          "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
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            So is that article just referencing theoretical situations and anecdotal evidence?

            I also like the story about how moms and dads don't want their kids joining the military now. Lol. Like THIS is what did it...

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            F FairHooker11 wrote on last edited by FairHooker11
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            @mld-woody said:

            @mld-woody said:

            So is that article just referencing theoretical situations and anecdotal evidence?

            I also like the story about how moms and dads don't want their kids joining the military now. Lol. Like THIS is what did it...

            then you must be referring to the fact that many parents think that the (-ahem) commander in chief does not have the military (their kids)

            best interests at heart?

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              OldBrownsFanO OldBrownsFan wrote on last edited by
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              Bob Dylan for me made three of the best gospel albums back in the 80's which I still listen to. My wife and daughter however think Bob Dylan is the worst singer on the planet. 🙂

              Another gospel album I like is from an old rock and roll singer Dion. I saw him on a Christian show once and he talked about how his mother worked two jobs and although his father was a nice guy he never worked at all. He said his father would have loved Obama.

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                Browns149B Browns149 wrote on last edited by
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                I love Ray Charles. He was a gospel singing.

                Even though he was a junkie, he sure did sing the gospel well

                "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
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                  @browns149 said:

                  I would be mad to. Christian rock music sucks. 😛

                  its more like praise and worship - and its actually very good!

                  but if you were talking Stryper, then well.....

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                  LogicIsForSquaresL LogicIsForSquares wrote on last edited by
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                  @fairhooker11 said:

                  its more like praise and worship - and its actually very good!

                  but if you were talking Stryper, then well.....

                  My aunt gave me a Stryper tshirt when I was a kid haha. I still have it.

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                    @mld-woody said:

                    @mld-woody said:

                    So is that article just referencing theoretical situations and anecdotal evidence?

                    I also like the story about how moms and dads don't want their kids joining the military now. Lol. Like THIS is what did it...

                    then you must be referring to the fact that many parents think that the (-ahem) commander in chief does not have the military (their kids)

                    best interests at heart?

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                    MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on last edited by
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                    @fairhooker11 said:

                    then you must be referring to the fact that many parents think that the (-ahem) commander in chief does not have the military (their kids)

                    best interests at heart?

                    Yyeeeaaa.. riiigghhht...

                    That's the reason

                    Ja.brill Peppers - Cleveland Brown OldBrownsFan, on 02 Jun 2017 - 5:09PM said: "No you are not the work of the devil but you are deceived by the devil." Who's got it better than us? Nooooobody!
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                      DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan wrote on last edited by
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                      "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
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                        gftChrisG gftChris wrote on last edited by
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                        I first read that title as "Onward Christian Soliders Metallica Version" - now there's something I'd be interested in hearing 😉

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                          @clevfan4life said:

                          Took me all of 3 seconds to land articles from 08-010 about people being punished for not attending Christian rock concerts where the entire company was told to form up and march to the event. That wasn't even the big article I read back in 04 or 05 that was written by the Times that dealt with more serious events. I'd paste the links here but this site won't let me. So you'll have to google yourself.

                          You're full of shit. I read the articles. A few 'atheist' soldiers complained that they were forced to go to a concert. Sounds like a load of shit to me. No proof of anything again mental midget.

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                          C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                          @diehardbrownsfan said:

                          You're full of shit. I read the articles. A few 'atheist' soldiers complained that they were forced to go to a concert. Sounds like a load of shit to me. No proof of anything again mental midget.

                          lol they filed a formal complaint. You're an idiot. And they weren't all atheists either, some of the ones that filed the complaint were catholics. They just didn't want to be forced to go to a concert with major evangelical undertones. If you bothered to actually read the articles you might not come off like an idiot.

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                            @diehardbrownsfan said:

                            You're full of shit. I read the articles. A few 'atheist' soldiers complained that they were forced to go to a concert. Sounds like a load of shit to me. No proof of anything again mental midget.

                            lol they filed a formal complaint. You're an idiot. And they weren't all atheists either, some of the ones that filed the complaint were catholics. They just didn't want to be forced to go to a concert with major evangelical undertones. If you bothered to actually read the articles you might not come off like an idiot.

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                            DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan wrote on last edited by
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                            @clevfan4life said:

                            lol they filed a formal complaint. You're an idiot. And they weren't all atheists either, some of the ones that filed the complaint were catholics. They just didn't want to be forced to go to a concert with major evangelical undertones. If you bothered to actually read the articles you might not come off like an idiot.

                            Oh STFU pussy.

                            "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
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                              @clevfan4life said:

                              lol they filed a formal complaint. You're an idiot. And they weren't all atheists either, some of the ones that filed the complaint were catholics. They just didn't want to be forced to go to a concert with major evangelical undertones. If you bothered to actually read the articles you might not come off like an idiot.

                              Oh STFU pussy.

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                              C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                              @diehardbrownsfan said:

                              Oh STFU pussy.

                              ah yes, I didn't read something right so i'll just call him a pussy. Eat whole ass bro. 😁

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                                @diehardbrownsfan said:

                                Oh STFU pussy.

                                ah yes, I didn't read something right so i'll just call him a pussy. Eat whole ass bro. 😁

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                                DieHardBrownsFanD DieHardBrownsFan wrote on last edited by
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                                @clevfan4life said:

                                ah yes, I didn't read something right so i'll just call him a pussy. Eat whole ass bro. 😁

                                No one cares what you think on here asswipe, don't you get it.

                                "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
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                                  @clevfan4life said:

                                  ah yes, I didn't read something right so i'll just call him a pussy. Eat whole ass bro. 😁

                                  No one cares what you think on here asswipe, don't you get it.

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                                  C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                                  @diehardbrownsfan said:

                                  No one cares what you think on here asswipe, don't you get it.

                                  It's an internet chatboard dude stfu. Know where you are lol. I don't care what anyone here thinks either. Is this your life? it's your life isn't it?

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                                    @diehardbrownsfan said:

                                    You're full of shit as usual. I spent 22 years in and was never 'forced' to attend any religious service.

                                    Took me all of 3 seconds to land articles from 08-010 about people being punished for not attending Christian rock concerts where the entire company was told to form up and march to the event. That wasn't even the big article I read back in 04 or 05 that was written by the Times that dealt with more serious events. I'd paste the links here but this site won't let me. So you'll have to google yourself.

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                                    StinkHoleS StinkHole wrote on last edited by
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                                    @clevfan4life said:

                                    Took me all of 3 seconds to land articles from 08-010 about people being punished for not attending Christian rock concerts where the entire company was told to form up and march to the event. That wasn't even the big article I read back in 04 or 05 that was written by the Times that dealt with more serious events. I'd paste the links here but this site won't let me. So you'll have to google yourself.

                                    But if you read one of those articles you would have known it was an isolated incident. It was clearly stated that it was not Army policy and being investigated, yet you're trying to sell it as something commonplace within the military.

                                    I spent 4yrs. in the AF...never forced to attend a religious service or concert.

                                    My kid is graduating from West Point this year, never was she force into anything religious.

                                    You heard Cals experience in the military.

                                    You heard Diehards testimony.

                                    You heard Cysco's....and you expect us to take your word for it...one that never served? You got some gall man.

                                    Here's some links for you.

                                    Military bans Chaplains from saying "Jesus".

                                    http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/lawsuit-chaplains-banned-from-saying-jesus.html

                                    Army punishes chaplain from using Bible verses to help those with suicidal thoughts.

                                    http://dailysignal.com/2014/12/14/military-punishes-chaplain-for-referencing-bible-during-suicide-prevention-seminar/

                                    Navy punishing chaplain for his beliefs.

                                    http://patriotpost.us/posts/34186

                                    Army removes cross..

                                    http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/army-removes-crosses-steeple-from-chapel.html

                                    Feel better?

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                                      Legacy FanL Legacy Fan wrote on last edited by
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                                      He's googled videos about it.

                                      Duh.

                                      Sure, luck means a lot in football. Not having a good quarterback is bad luck. -Don Shula
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                                        @clevfan4life said:

                                        Took me all of 3 seconds to land articles from 08-010 about people being punished for not attending Christian rock concerts where the entire company was told to form up and march to the event. That wasn't even the big article I read back in 04 or 05 that was written by the Times that dealt with more serious events. I'd paste the links here but this site won't let me. So you'll have to google yourself.

                                        But if you read one of those articles you would have known it was an isolated incident. It was clearly stated that it was not Army policy and being investigated, yet you're trying to sell it as something commonplace within the military.

                                        I spent 4yrs. in the AF...never forced to attend a religious service or concert.

                                        My kid is graduating from West Point this year, never was she force into anything religious.

                                        You heard Cals experience in the military.

                                        You heard Diehards testimony.

                                        You heard Cysco's....and you expect us to take your word for it...one that never served? You got some gall man.

                                        Here's some links for you.

                                        Military bans Chaplains from saying "Jesus".

                                        http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/lawsuit-chaplains-banned-from-saying-jesus.html

                                        Army punishes chaplain from using Bible verses to help those with suicidal thoughts.

                                        http://dailysignal.com/2014/12/14/military-punishes-chaplain-for-referencing-bible-during-suicide-prevention-seminar/

                                        Navy punishing chaplain for his beliefs.

                                        http://patriotpost.us/posts/34186

                                        Army removes cross..

                                        http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/army-removes-crosses-steeple-from-chapel.html

                                        Feel better?

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                                        C Clevfan4life wrote on last edited by
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                                        Stuart said:

                                        But if you read one of those articles you would have known it was an isolated incident. It was clearly stated that it was not Army policy and being investigated, yet you're trying to sell it as something commonplace within the military.

                                        I spent 4yrs. in the AF...never forced to attend a religious service or concert.

                                        My kid is graduating from West Point this year, never was she force into anything religious.

                                        You heard Cals experience in the military.

                                        You heard Diehards testimony.

                                        You heard Cysco's....and you expect us to take your word for it...one that never served? You got some gall man.

                                        Here's some links for you.

                                        Military bans Chaplains from saying "Jesus".

                                        http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/lawsuit-chaplains-banned-from-saying-jesus.html

                                        Army punishes chaplain from using Bible verses to help those with suicidal thoughts.

                                        http://dailysignal.com/2014/12/14/military-punishes-chaplain-for-referencing-bible-during-suicide-prevention-seminar/

                                        Navy punishing chaplain for his beliefs.

                                        http://patriotpost.us/posts/34186

                                        Army removes cross..

                                        http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/army-removes-crosses-steeple-from-chapel.html

                                        Feel better?

                                        well I had always been talking about the army cause that was always the culprit in every article. But yet again lord google showed me an article about the air force trying to force people into religious oaths, denying re enlistment to people unless they do so. That particular article I just read referenced Creech Air Force base in Nevada. And basically the MRFF put a stop to that. But of course this is construed as the admin's "war on Christianity" when it just basically says soldiers do not have to conform to govt imposed religiosity to re enlist.

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                                          C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by calfoxwc
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                                          Well, seriously, Cleve - in the military, you meet guys and gals from all over the country, all walks of life,

                                          religions, creeds, lack thereof, etc.

                                          If this was any kind of common occurence, it would have hit the fan a long time ago.

                                          Some of us in the AF were badly harrassed for GOING to monthly church outings. It was ONE isolated

                                          nutjob mastersgt. Other friends kept giving up going, until I was the last guy that was going to go to the next one.

                                          And, I did. That's when I was threatened with getting my ass kicked and my life ruined. That's when

                                          I solved that problem. My solution took hours of work. He put me on second shift to make SURE I would miss the

                                          bus to the church retreat. (hey, it was coed and it was a great time)....

                                          I ended up at the church retreat, had a wonderful time,

                                          after repeated warnings for us to stop going because the dirtbag mstr sgt hated the "stupid God stuff", and after that weekend,

                                          he was transferred out of our squadron to a WAF squadron, where the commander of our squadron told me

                                          personally, that one foul word to one of those ladies over there, and he'd be out of the service on his ass.

                                          The base IG, base chaplain, other chaplains on base, the commander (who had been out of town on leave) of

                                          our squadron, and some other higher ups, including calls by a congressman got involved.

                                          And, never again was anybody ever not allowed to go for no good reason. Base regs were rewritten to

                                          reinforce that, and that was explained to all squadrons for at least that entire year, which I found out from a few

                                          letters I received after I was stationed after leaving tech school.

                                          One incident. I would have been all over youtube if it had existed back in the day. Trust me, the UCMJ rocks.

                                          There is law against forcing military personnel to attend, not attend religious services on their own time.

                                          And our weekends were our own free time.

                                          Base commanders make their own judgements about on-duty time, etc, as long as it doesn't interfere with

                                          military operations, etc.

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