Friday, May 27, 2005

Burning in Hell at the AFA

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I'm amazed by the rise of Religious Nuttery everywhere in this 'scientific age.' One of the most recent and closest examples involved the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs. Seems many of the cadets are 'Evangelical Christians' who seem to be unable to contain themselves proselytizationwise. They seem to have run amok recently, going so far as to advise some of their fellow cadets that they will 'burn in hell' if they do not accept Jesus as their savior. This is very unprofessional behavior which has rightfully raised a red flag in the media. Should we tolerate religious nuttery in the military? Don't we already have enough of that in politics?

So I decided to ask my old friend god. I was curious about how god would view the situation. The one nice thing about god is that He is always available. Day or night, good weather or bad, He is always there, available. You can talk to god any time. You never need an appointment. Furthermore you never get a substitute. You want god, you get god! You don't get some sort of 'competent angel.' You don't get god's secretary. You don't get an answering machine.

The unfortunate part of communicating with god is that god does not talk back. God does not answer your questions. But He listens. That's the fortunate part.