We watched the news tonight and heard that the NZ Army will have the biblical texts removed from their Trijicon gunsights. And a little later I learned that the manufacturers will stop inscribing them.
Apparently these text references slipped through years ago without being found by those who supervise the specifications for contract armaments. One blogger said he didn’t care what was on the rifle as long as it created the pink mist. Another more sensitive contributor said that “even some Christians” must be offended by these texts. Well, I’m one. Count me in. I'm offended...
It is a little ironic that immediately after the news we watched the episode of “Christianity – a History” on the future of the church. The declining state of the western church is linked to the great wars in which “Christians” on each side called on God to help them. The future for the church in Europe, suggested the presenter, lay in not changing the faith but changing the structures, relating to our communities and building bridges to other faiths.
That’s a bit more revolutionary than just grinding offensive biblical texts off rifles, I suppose.
Apparently these text references slipped through years ago without being found by those who supervise the specifications for contract armaments. One blogger said he didn’t care what was on the rifle as long as it created the pink mist. Another more sensitive contributor said that “even some Christians” must be offended by these texts. Well, I’m one. Count me in. I'm offended...
It is a little ironic that immediately after the news we watched the episode of “Christianity – a History” on the future of the church. The declining state of the western church is linked to the great wars in which “Christians” on each side called on God to help them. The future for the church in Europe, suggested the presenter, lay in not changing the faith but changing the structures, relating to our communities and building bridges to other faiths.
That’s a bit more revolutionary than just grinding offensive biblical texts off rifles, I suppose.
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