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Thu, 08/21/2008 - 11:13am — vastleft

Look out, JC Christian!

David Petraeus is gunning for the job of Jesus' General:

Gen. David Petraeus is used to controversy surrounding the war in Iraq, but his publicized thoughts on an Army chaplain's book for Soldiers put him squarely in the middle of the ongoing conflict over religious proselytizing in the U.S. military.

The book is "Under Orders: A Spiritual Handbook for Military Personnel," by Army Chaplain (Lt. Col.) William McCoy, and according to Petraeus' published endorsement of the work, "it should be in every rucksack for those times when soldiers need spiritual energy."

(via Avedon)

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lambert's picture

"Spiritual Energy"?!

By lambert on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 11:16am

Is that like a candy bar?

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi

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Paul_Lukasiak's picture

Sure...

By Paul_Lukasiak on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 11:19am

I understand the Catholic Church is now adopting its liturgy to allow for the transubstantiation of Snickers bars.

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lambert's picture

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation

By lambert on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 11:21am

is all over this one.

I'd like to say that I had confidence that a new administration would address the issue of forced Christianization of our military, but with Obama pandering to exactly that crowd, I don't think so. And McCain is hopeless.

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi

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myiq2xu's picture

I thought spiritual energy had to do with "bodily fluids"

By myiq2xu on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 11:21am

That's why we weren't supposed to drain them

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lambert's picture

Just for the record

By lambert on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 11:25am

[ ] Very tepidly voting for Obama [ ] ?????. [ ] Any mullah-sucking billionaire-teabagging torture-loving pus-encrusted spawn of Cthulhu, bless his (R) heart.

First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Mahatma Gandhi

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vastleft's picture

Color me dumb, but I never connected before... (spoilers!)

By vastleft on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 11:42am

How "Strangelove" and "2001" are really the same movie. I knew that Kubrick originally planned for "2001" to end with bombs destroying the earth as the Starchild evolved mankind into a new species, but I hadn't before connected how similar General Ripper and the HAL 9000 were in their motivations: power needed to be wrested from the mortals who possessed it and used with extreme dispassion.

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blogtopus's picture

Hey, if it's Christian

By blogtopus on Thu, 08/21/2008 - 1:06pm

That means they'll be reminded not to kill innocents, right? /snark

I'd try to play dumb, but I'm not that smart.

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Damon's picture

What Would Jesus Do?

By Damon on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 2:20am

?

But, we've always been at war with Eastasia...

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myiq2xu's picture

Weep

By myiq2xu on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 5:52am

and whup ass (of those making war in the name of the "Prince of Peace")

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