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Christian Chaplains Ordered To Stop Mentioning Jesus in Prayers
They Want SECULAR Prayers
A North Carolina police department has asked its chaplains to stop mentioning Jesus in prayers delivered at public events.
The policy change applies to official police ceremonies such as promotions or memorials, where its customary for chaplains to give an address.
The move is meant to show more sensitivity and respect to all religions practiced by the police employees, and not single out Christianity, reported the News Observer.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in Charlotte, N.C., has roughly 2,000 employees representing a variety of faiths, and seven chaplains, all Christian, Major John Diggs, who oversees the chaplain program, told the paper.
Some are struggling with the sensitive issue.
Jim
June 22nd, 2012
Next thing you know, they’ll be using the koran.
Unneutral
June 22nd, 2012
Holy crap, they never stop pushing.
Sharia law can’t be far behind.
Hannah
June 22nd, 2012
I wonder if they know that secular and prayer are words that can’t really go together.
FreeMan - Save Me Sarah
June 22nd, 2012
Jesus Christ this pisses me off.
Holy Shit!
stick a fork in us, we are done
MaryfromMarin
June 22nd, 2012
Obi Wan Kenobi said it well: “If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can imagine.”
Faith is strengthened by adversity. The church is renewed by the blood of the martyrs. Prohibiting speaking the name of Jesus will only make it more precious and powerful.
CharlieWalksonWater
June 22nd, 2012
the only name they fear…JESUS CHRIST…in His name only are saved.
BILL
June 22nd, 2012
so why bother to pray if you don’t mention Jesus?
who is the prayer being requested of?
yes, I agree, Americans are much dummer now a days, even if everyone does have a cell phone and nike sneakers.
TOWG
June 22nd, 2012
My head just assploded. I can’t believe the people of Charlotte are going to stand for this. I always had figured folks from there would be on our side.
norman einstein
June 22nd, 2012
In light of what’s been happening, it would seem that the good Lord has a very long “fuse”, but in the end, he will not be mocked.
It is up to the rest of us to fight even harder.
Ann Barnhardt is a good example.
Tim
June 22nd, 2012
To whom may they pray?
Obama?
Baal?
Satan?
Mephistopheles?
Allah?
Beelzebub?
Homer Simpson?
If a Christian can’t mention Christ – then WTF is he praying to?
I’m afraid that I’d be an ex-chaplain of the police.
Dianne
June 22nd, 2012
VERY interesting that so many people go out of their way to discredit Jesus.
ern goose
June 22nd, 2012
that is the synagogue of saton in Revelation ,something other than GOD’S WORD.
chiggerbug
June 22nd, 2012
Charlotte is a cesspool of liberalism and political correctness.
janey
June 22nd, 2012
The Diocese I belong to is having a mass tonight to kick off a Fortnight of Freedom, to pray for religious liberties in the UNITED STATES. I remember growing up attending masses to pray for religious liberties in other countries. Never in a million years did I think we would get to where we are today.
southernsue
June 22nd, 2012
have we parents and guardians passed on the great Biblical stories that are in the BIBLE about JESUS?
i remember as a child hearing these stories along with all the other kids and thinking what a super hero JESUS is!
all i know is that GOD/JESUS will not be mocked in the world that he created and controls!
guard your soul, when GOD/JESUS has had enough, you will need your every ounce of faith!
i’m sure that GOD/JESUS is not happy with our world right now, hence the world economic situation!
Dianne
June 22nd, 2012
@Southernsue – our current economic situation has nothing to do with God’s wrath. It has everything to do with people in power taking advantage and being crooks and liars.
Keith in Seattle
June 22nd, 2012
Doesn’t it say IN the Bible that the ONLY way TO the Father is through the SON?
TCNC
June 22nd, 2012
@TOWG – the people of Charlotte are on your/our side but our mayor and Chief of Police are Obama fans. This is interesting given the Dems are debating pulling the Dem convention out of Charlotte. This is a desperation play to keep team Obama et al happy with Charlotte.
Wyatt, Insensitive Jerk
June 22nd, 2012
Let us pray.
Oh most holy “He Who Must Not Be Named” but is not Lord Voldemort of Harry Potter fame, unless someone here worships Lord Voldemort, in which case feel free to make the association, but without offending anyone else present at this gathering because our purpose here is to not offend.
Anyway, as we gather here to honor or remember our comrade, as the case may be, and without requiring anyone present to either honor or remember our comrade lest that offend anyone, we would ask, on behalf of anyone who wants us to ask but without obligating anyone else to acquiesce in such asking, that you watch over and bless/curse/ignore, as the case may be, all who want you to watch over them, unless they don’t want that in which case we beseech thee to ignore that last request.
Amen/adios/sayonara/thanks-a-lot. The foregoing may not be used, broadcast or retransmitted without the express, written consent of the ACLU.
Jack Daniels
June 22nd, 2012
#Dianne,
If you think that the current economic situation has nothing to do with God, you would do well to read Deuteronomy 28 regarding God’s blessing and curses to a nation that refuses to honor Him.
The following represents but a taste of his wrath against a nation that refuses to acknowledge Him:
“The Lord will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him. The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess. The Lord will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you perish. The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron. The Lord will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.” Deut . 28: 20-24
xthred
June 22nd, 2012
“Some are struggling”? What struggle? Man up!
I shudder to think what Ann would say.
Brian in BC
June 22nd, 2012
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
(John 15:18-21 ESV)
Bob M.
June 22nd, 2012
Keep in mind, Mohammedans are praying to their false ‘allah’ for YOUR DEATH.
Hope that clarifies it for the Major… >:-(
Dianne
June 22nd, 2012
@Jack Daniels – I believe that God is the Creator of the natural laws that govern the universe and all of us. We all have to live by those laws, whether we choose to recognize them or not. When we do not, we bring about our own misery.
God does not create the misery in third world countries where the suffering of their children breaks your heart. Man created that. And continues to do so.
Blaming God instead of facing the truth has never solved anything.
cato
June 22nd, 2012
There is no other name other than Jesus that we can cling to for salvation. No other name under heaven is sufficient.
JMac
June 22nd, 2012
Dianne, it isn’t blaming God to point out that OUR actions lead to cursing of our nation. It is simply stating the reality. When we seek life without God, we get just that and none of the blessing a life with God provides. Simple.
Jack Daniels
June 22nd, 2012
Dianne,
I do not blame God at all. We are to blame for rejecting Him, plain and simple.
And though you are right concerning Him creating natural laws, He also created, moral and spiritual laws that govern our lives, and our actions. In Him, all moral, ethical and civil laws are created so that we may enjoy His blessings.
To simply negate the above reference, which is His word, you negate His rules, His blessing and His curses. His divine edict.
Cause and effect. Our disobedience is the effect (our misery) for disobedience and rejecting Him. Our misery is His judgment on our decisions. As I said, you would do well to read His word to see what He has to say about the matter.
Jack Daniels
June 22nd, 2012
Sorry, I meant to say our disobedience is the cause and our misery is the effect.
The Romans
June 22nd, 2012
Look, they have a point – we crucified *scads* of people, and some folks just won’t shut up about that one carpenter. What, is Jesus Hebrew for Trayvon or something?
Roscoe P. Soultrane
June 22nd, 2012
@TOWG: “can’t believe the people of Charlotte are going to stand for this. I always had figured folks from there would be on our side.”
Folks *from* there are. The hordes of damnyankees who’ve descended on the place? Less so. And the Sons of Obama never were.
Dianne
June 22nd, 2012
@JMac – the “cursing” of our nation is that we have the most incompetent nincompoops ever in the history of a Republic, in charge of the govt. WE voted in the crooks and liars and allow these charlatans to keep ripping off the entire world, not just this country – i.e., Al Gore. Talk about a confidence man.
This current civilization is on a fine line between becoming something great and being a crappy loser.
Roscoe P. Soultrane
June 22nd, 2012
How about a compromise – they stop mentioning Jesus, but instead talk about “Hey Zeus” the undocumented gardner. Seems fair to me.
Dianne
June 22nd, 2012
No, that won’t work. Zeus was a major god in Rome. And also Scientology might object, because this could be a contender.
muddjuice
June 22nd, 2012
@ Dianne and Jack Daniels
You are both right. You are saying the same thing in different ways. I applaud both of you. Your faith and knowledge of Scripture and God’s divine attributes are awesome.
Carlsonal
June 22nd, 2012
Those chaplains are set up to receive a huge blessing. Getting fired for refusing to comply with this counts big with God. Man up chaplains. Keep using the Name of Jesus. You will get your reward.
bitterclinger
June 22nd, 2012
I sincerely hope all seven chaplains IGNORE the rule and stand up for their faith. I would fan the flames on this to bring it to everyone’s attention — ’cause some are still asleep. The wrath of the local community has to come down on the doofuses who have made this decree.
Efficacy
June 22nd, 2012
Atheists, secularists, Muslims shall all die and meet The Maker.
Bing/Google Daniele Lanois song – “The Maker”:
“Oh, oh deep water, black and cold like the night
I stand with arms wide open
I’ve run a twisted line
I’m a stranger in the eyes of the Maker”
Don't Tread On Me
June 22nd, 2012
You can’t be a Christian chaplain without witnessing for Christ. That’s the kind of retarded “logic” one expects from Progtards.
My response would be to triple the utterances of Jesus’ name, and to invent opportunities to speak of Him.
Czar of Defenestration
June 22nd, 2012
Maybe the chaplains can have a little fun getting around this for the time being by saying
JAY EEE ESS YOU ESS
MaryfromMarin
June 22nd, 2012
Anyone here seen “For Greater Glory” yet?
If so, you will recognize this for what it is. Stand firm, stand fast, don’t back down.
Cruisin' Cat
June 22nd, 2012
“We pray these things in the name of that, you know, cross guy, Amen.”
Yeah, I’m sure God has a sense of humor about this.
Friend of the family
June 23rd, 2012
It drives the Wicked crazy just to hear the name of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. No problem. Go ahead, have your moment of “silence” without the utterance of my Master’s name. You’ll wail greatly in Hell. You won’t be so silent there.
Mary Jane Anklestraps
June 23rd, 2012
I think we should pray for them.
And I hope it annoys them, too. :>
asta risborn
June 23rd, 2012
stinkin’ mosqrats!
shotwell
June 23rd, 2012
This is spritual warfare. All Wisdom comes from God/Jesus. This is the good fight we are required to fight. Athiests tremble at the name of Jesus.
LadyGun12
June 23rd, 2012
They would really freak out if they heard my former pastor pray. At the end of his prayers, he would say, “And we pray these things in the Name that is above all names, Jesus’ blessed name, Amen.”
The would need a cleanup crew for all the heads exploding.