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Killing In The Name Of Jesus

By The Daily Dish

Jan 18 2010, 4:25 AM ET

The US military is using rifles in Iraq that have Biblical passages encoded on their gun-sights. This is such a great idea in a war where we are supposed to be fighting for democracy, not one religion's supremacy over another. But one also wonders how on earth the teachings of Jesus could find their way into a gun. Or, for that matter, find a way to justify the torture of prisoners. But, hey, that's the Christianist version of Jesus: a war-making torturer of Muslims. It isn't mine.



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