Thank you, Rob, for bringing this to T2A's readers.  In light of the increasing "Christianization" of the US Military it does not surprise me.  I first learned about how deeply imbedded Christian religion has become in our military when I went searching for the Home School Diploma military recruiters are requesting.  In that homeschooling is a parent teaching their own child, the only diploma their child gets is one they print up themselves.  However, the Home School Legal Defense Association has managed to get the requirement for a home school diploma written into recruitment manuals.  But as I researched that silliness I found out how deeply the Christian right has deg themselves into our military.  It frightens me greatly that some of the military leaders of our county no longer feel any obligation to defend the Constitution or obey the orders of an elected President, but rather whatever their perceived version of theology is and whatever their Christian leaders tell them God wants them to do.  Along with some other homeschool leaders we wrote an open letter to our homeschooling community.  http://homeschoolcommunity.blogspot.com/
It was researching those diplomas that I learned about Mikey Weinstein and his book, With God on Our Side, which is a must read, as well as signing up for the Military Religious Freedom Foundation's newsletter  http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/  He seems to work tirelessly to inform Americans what is going on in their own military, something out government seems more interested in hiding that admitting.
This etching of Bible verses onto the weapons of our military personnel is a huge step deeper into the conversion of our military to God's Army, and needs to be stopped.  If this weapons manufacturer was truly interested in being a good American, they would be etching the Bill of Rights onto those same weapons.  


by Brainbelle on Wed Jan 20, 2010 at 05:09:32 PM EST

This story is starting to make waves, as it should.
There is an article in Le Monde today here
http://www.lemonde.fr/web/depeches/0,14-0,39-41459309@7-60,0.html

entitled:
Biblical References on Weapons Anger Muslims

Nothing in Al Jazeera (english) as yet.

by marktypos on Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 12:57:44 AM EST