From Truthout:
By Jason Leopold
t r u t h o u t Report
Thursday 30 August 2007
On the heels of a scathing report issued by the Defense Department's inspector general that took high-level Pentagon officials to task for allowing an evangelical Christian organization unfettered access to the Department of Defense (DOD) to promote its fundamentalist agenda, comes word the Pentagon's top chaplain opened its doors yet again to another evangelical group whose leader recently spent two days at the facility proselytizing, passing out Christian literature, and "saving souls."
The Constitution bars the federal government from establishing religion.
According to documents obtained by the watchdog group the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and made available to Truthout, David Kistler, President of Hickory, North Carolina-based H.O.P.E. Ministries International, embarked on a "DC Crusade" along with dozens of members of the evangelical organization for two weeks that included two days inside the Pentagon proselytizing and preaching the "gospel" to government employees and "saving souls."
Kistler is a somewhat controversial figure whose sermons contain apocalyptic messages and bizarre prophecies. He believes certain Democratic lawmakers will burn in hell while "good Christians," such as President Bush, will be swept up into the heavens.
The Rapture will soon vacuum up good Christians, including George W. Bush, to Heaven, he said in a past sermon to his congregation. Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden, and Hillary Clinton will not be Raptured up to Heaven. Following The Rapture, the Anti-Christ will appear and children will be "micro-chipped."
Col. William Broome, the Pentagon chaplain, and his deputy, Maj. Alan Pomaville, invited Kistler's group to speak to DOD employees at a Pentagon prayer breakfast June 6 and in the Pentagon auditorium June 7, according to a copy of a recent newsletter published by H.O.P.E Ministries. Kistler, according to written statements made to his congregation, spent a considerable amount of his time at the Pentagon proselytizing to DOD employees in violation of federal law.
"I am thrilled to report that three souls were saved among those who attended those events," Kistler wrote in the newsletter sent to members of his congregation.
Neither a Pentagon spokesman nor a representative for H.O.P.E. ministries returned numerous calls for comment.
5 comments:
Fire that chaplain!!!
Congress - if you need to pray, go to church like the rest of the world...
At lease we know what is being taught with the Chaplain. Look at the values of this so called group and anything goes. Vitter, Craig and Foley oh my and many many more.
A kook for sure
WTF. There aren't ANY microchips in the Bible.
There is a microchip in the cat. That's in case I slip out the back door and run away. I'm kind of naughty about trying to chase those wily bunny rabbits outside. Watching them out the window just isn't good enough.
Mr. Kitty leave the bunnies lone you have a job and some important things to do. How the weather out there I heard it was raining alot. You don't need a microchip your smarter then most people. Do you have health care on your job.
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