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demmiblue

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Fri Sep 15, 2017, 12:40 PM Sep 2017

Christians in U.S. Military Serve Satan If They Tolerate Other Religions, Air Force Chaplain Says [View all]

Source: Newsweek

A U.S. Air Force chaplain who ministers to thousands of men and women at an Ohio base is asserting that Christians in the U.S. Armed Forces “serve Satan” and are “grossly in error” if they support service members' right to practice other faiths.

In an article posted on BarbWire.com three days ago, Captain Sonny Hernandez, an Air Force Reserve chaplain for the 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, criticized Christian service members who rely on the Constitution “and not Christ.”

He wrote: “Counterfeit Christians in the Armed forces will appeal to the Constitution, and not Christ, and they have no local church home—which means they have no accountability for their souls (Heb. 13:17). This is why so many professing Christian service members will say: 'We ‘support everyone’s right’ to practice their faith regardless if they worship a god different from ours because the Constitution protects this right.”

Hernandez continued: “Christian service members who openly profess and support the rights of Muslims, Buddhists, and all other anti-Christian worldviews to practice their religions—because the language in the Constitution permits—are grossly in error, and deceived.”

Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/chaplain-urges-service-members-reject-religious-tolerance-665614?utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

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He needs a quick discharge. Kingofalldems Sep 2017 #1
The "other than honorable" kind. DinahMoeHum Sep 2017 #3
Exactly Sanity Claws Sep 2017 #5
Correct. He's violating his oath to uphold the Constitution. yardwork Sep 2017 #60
Get him OUT, elleng Sep 2017 #2
Might be good to remind him what he signed on for... mpcamb Sep 2017 #62
Well, that's one way to make sure you Phoenix61 Sep 2017 #4
It would've been easier sarisataka Sep 2017 #6
I might be mistaken Zorro Sep 2017 #7
Disgusting. hamsterjill Sep 2017 #8
He'll probably be invited to the National Prayer Breakfast now. maxsolomon Sep 2017 #9
the next sentence should read weissmam Sep 2017 #10
Christians in the US Military Not Ruth Sep 2017 #11
I know an ex-Air Force person... Kleveland Sep 2017 #12
Captain Sonny Hernandez apparently doesn't know that President Trump is NCjack Sep 2017 #13
The Air Force Academy genxlib Sep 2017 #14
Captain Hernandez has broken his oath of office supporting the Constitution. LudwigPastorius Sep 2017 #15
This. n/t sarge43 Sep 2017 #53
The service members should chant in unison "Praise Satan" just to watch his head explode. nt chowder66 Sep 2017 #16
The "Constitution" you say.... Grins Sep 2017 #17
It's the Constitution for me! atreides1 Sep 2017 #26
Colorado Springs seems to be a hotbed of radical Christian churches. JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2017 #36
I was an officer in the US Army. TomSlick Sep 2017 #47
That sad, little man. gtar100 Sep 2017 #18
That nut job has no place being in uniform MrScorpio Sep 2017 #19
The article is quite frightening. Shrike47 Sep 2017 #20
And once he's removed from his position Zorro Sep 2017 #21
Yep, I'm sure he'll be on Fox News sakabatou Sep 2017 #49
The Air Force is sure full of these types CanonRay Sep 2017 #22
Air Force academy equal planes + Jesus lunasun Sep 2017 #23
More of that old fashioned Christian tolerance we hear so much about! Initech Sep 2017 #24
Counterfeit Christians..." he says keithbvadu2 Sep 2017 #25
He can go fuck himself shenmue Sep 2017 #27
So, in WWII, Hernandez would have sided with Hitler? muntrv Sep 2017 #28
This bastard just spat on many of the grave in Arlington DonCoquixote Sep 2017 #29
OMG! Religion truly is a mental illness. Binkie The Clown Sep 2017 #30
there are wayyyyyy too many of these christofascist assholes in positions of authority niyad Sep 2017 #31
This guy needs to be fired. n/t woodsprite Sep 2017 #32
well, they serve Satan if they work for Trump .... kwassa Sep 2017 #33
He's not wrong. HAB911 Sep 2017 #34
What the H-E-double L kind of "chaplain" is he? democrank Sep 2017 #35
Oath on Enlistment ThoughtCriminal Sep 2017 #37
sharia lawish. a rose is a rose. flip side of the religion fundamentalists. pansypoo53219 Sep 2017 #38
Mikey Weinstein marked50 Sep 2017 #39
You dear marked50, spot on..Mikey Weinstein has been fighting asiliveandbreathe Sep 2017 #55
So he is saying.. LiberalLovinLug Sep 2017 #40
**says the # of complaints have DOUBLED since trumps election!!... riversedge Sep 2017 #41
DOWN WITH GOD!! Angry Dragon Sep 2017 #42
The fact that we, in a secular society, let people hold important government/military jobs... FiveGoodMen Sep 2017 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author turbinetree Sep 2017 #44
He should be f*cking Fired turbinetree Sep 2017 #45
Captain Sonny Hernandez.......... wolfie001 Sep 2017 #46
Here's the article. It's worse than you think. jmowreader Sep 2017 #48
"Do you appeal to the Holy Scripture, or the US Constitution as an ultimate standard?" dalton99a Sep 2017 #56
Bye-bye, Captain. xor Sep 2017 #50
So, Jared Kushner won't be signing up? brooklynite Sep 2017 #51
Out out, damn christofascist Achilleaze Sep 2017 #52
NEXT: REAL Christians Serve Satan If They Tolerate Other Christian Brands dalton99a Sep 2017 #54
Dude! Just Resign your Commission if you no longer want to serve maxrandb Sep 2017 #57
He's using his position as a springboard for political office dalton99a Sep 2017 #58
If he wants to see someone who is serving Satan all he has to do is look in a mirror. hunter Sep 2017 #59
He is employed as a chaplain, not Christian in chief TexasBushwhacker Sep 2017 #61
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