October 22, 2003
Christian General Part II
More on Army Lt. Gen. William Boykin...
President Bush has said that Lt. General Boykin "didn't reflect [the president's] opinion" about Islam.
The article continues...
Boykin said in a statement Friday he was "neither a zealot nor an extremist," was "not anti-Islam or any other religion," and offered a "sincere apology" to those offended by his remarks.
I was a little disappointed in my senator (from Virginia, if you didn't know), John Warner, who wants Boykin to be temporarily reassigned. I've often wondered about public figures and faith. How much can they disagree with public opinion and get away with it. What he said is true (if you believe the part in the bible where it says God is the only God), but it seems like when Christians speak the truth as public figures they are censured and forced out of their positions.
Should that stop Christians from being so vocal? Should that make them more politically correct? Is it better for them to be politically correct and have a long career because they can have a long testimony in that job, or should they speak the truth no matter how short a tenure they will have if they do?
Here's more news on this story:
The General won't be fired for Islam remarks (this article is much the same as the previous one with a few new things set into it.)
It was Boykin himself who asked for the investigation on his remarks to make sure he wasn't being inappropriate.
Posted by micah on October 22, 2003 05:20 PM(i dunno if you have html stripping on, or if url's are automatically entered as links, so i figured i'll just past the url and see what happens.)
Posted by: apelles at October 23, 2003 03:20 PMThanks Dave,
That is a fascinating article. Here is a salient point. Why can't we allow senators, representatives, judges, governors, the president, and military people be religious? Secularists are arguing only secularists may be in these positions to maintain America's public image: tolerance. The article sums up this believe in relationship to the military forces, but it is also true for all of these other positions as well:
Ponder the inevitable result of this line of thinking. America's military forces will be denied the religious liberty they are defending with their lives.
I hope you can read this entire article. It really shows the point I've been questioning throughout this whole investigation. This is the line in America that has been drawn now. Anyone with Christian beliefs who has defended their faith is being buried by the media because they don't fit the secularist viewpoint.
And as Christians, even though we are tolerant of other religions (i.e., support the freedom of the free exercise of religion), we believe in one God who is the True God.
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