Monday, May 4, 2009

"ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS"--ARMY CHAPLAIN TELLS U.S. SPECIAL FORCES TO "HUNT FOR JESUS" BY HANDING OUT BIBLES TO AFGHAN CIVILIANS


A former Afghan prime minister has called for an inquiry after Al Jazeera broadcast footage showing Christian US soldiers appearing to be preparing to try and convert Muslims in Afghanistan.

Source: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/20095485025169646.html

Ahmed Shah Ahmedzai said there must be a "serious investigation" after military chaplains stationed in the US air base at Bagram were filmed discussing how to distribute copies of the Bible printed in the country's main Pashto and Dari languages.

In one recorded sermon, Lieutenant-Colonel Gary Hensley, the chief of the US military chaplains in Afghanistan, tells soldiers that, as followers of Jesus Christ, they all have a responsibility "to be witnesses for him".

"The special forces guys - they hunt men basically. We do the same things as Christians, we hunt people for Jesus. We do, we hunt them down," he says.


Read more here: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/05/20095485025169646.html

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