Congratulations, MRFF, I Think

Published On: May 5, 2011|Categories: MRFF's Inbox|0 Comments|

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Mr Weinstein, I am one of the most senior Non-Commissioned Officers of a large military combat unit currently stationed in Afghanistan. I have been in the (military branch and number of years of service withheld) years. I was raised a Baptist but while I still consider myself to be a Christian, I am not vocal about it and am offended when so many others in my military chain of command are which is very, very frequent.Yesterday afternoon your name and the name of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation came up at the tail end of our senior staff meeting chaired by the Commanding Officer. I noticed that one of the chaplains (there were several attending) was carrying a medium size notebook binder with a peculiar sticker on the front of it entitled “Enemies of Our Lord and Savior; 1 Corinthians 15:25”. I don’t know what the bible quotation means? This notebook was among many others which this chaplain carried. After the meeting I asked him about it. Of course, as an NCO, the chaplain outranks me. He told me that he keeps careful track of all organizations that stands in the way of the spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and to the free exercise of religion given to us by the Lord. Enraged but hiding it, I asked to see it. it was a rank-ordered list. Guess who was in the “Number One” slot on his enemies list? The MRFF was. He told me that he had placed the MRFF there in the top spot a few months ago and by doing so it knocked the ACLU out of first place and into second. Beneath the ACLU was People for the American Way, Americans United and Planned Parenthood. There were many others lower on the list but I don’t remember them all. The chaplain seemed pleased that I was asking him about his “enemies list”. I asked him why the MRFF was on top of that list. Listen to what he said. He actually told me with a straight face that it was because the MRFF and you, Mr. Weinstein by name, had become the most devoted servants of Satan of all the organizations out there. I wanted to say and ask many other things to him. I was afraid that he could see I was getting angry. But this chaplain is the fair haired boy of the unit’s Commanding Officer and that would only spell trouble for me. I thanked him and walked away after he invited me to his nightly bible study group for our combat unit. I’m still trying to figure out what to do? Anyways, I thought you and the MRFF would want to know that you are Number One on that list. I was not a supporter very much before but knew about the MRFF as most of us do. But I will be from now on, Mr. Weinstein. I am sorry I did not speak out to that chaplain and feel bad about that. Thank you and the MRFF for being at the top of that chaplain’s list. As one of my fellow NCO’s said to me, it is not Satan that you serve. You and the MRFF serve Sanity instead.

(name, rank, combat specialty, combat unit and military installation withheld)

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