Seperation of Chuch and State...NOT SO FAST Mr. Jefferson!

I'm not easily amazed these days.

Being a little longer in the tooth has given me a sightly more realistic (some would say cynical) outlook. For instance, K-fed and Brittney breaking up- oh yeah, I saw that coming. Hank Aaron's record being broken by a beefed-up Barry Bonds- seemed pretty likely to me. Gasoline prices going from under a dollar to over 3 during my driving career- sure I would have believed that. But when I heard the following story my reptilian brain almost short-circuited. This can't be true. It just can't.

The Department of Defense Inspector General released a report that cited violation of military regulations when a bunch of high ranking military officers participated in promotional videos for an evangelical Christian group named the Christian Embassy. The report is full of the usual implications of lying and being uncooperative with the investigation. Pretty standard. The report in and of itself isn't as powerfully frightening as seeing the actual video from this group.

Here is Lou Dobbs coverage of the story:



These next two are the actual video (sprinkled with some commentary)






Be afraid people, be very afraid.

Please someone explain how this is ANY different from the Taliban controlled Islamic governments. Isn't it enough that our commander-in-chief publicly admits to talking to an imaginary friend who advises him on policy issues. Now we have "unofficially" adopted Christian missionary work as part of our foreign policy.

This is precisely why those of us in this country with a naturalistic philosophy (nothing super-natural i.e. religion) need to rise up and make our voices hear. We need to take our country back before it is too late. [See the large red 'A' on the left of the page.]

Stand up, be counted and proclaim your predilection for the provable!