Over the past two years, the term “spiritual rape,” used by Mikey Weinstein to describe the unwanted and aggressive proselytizing of members of our military, has become one of the most popular go-to quotes in the world of fundamentalist Christian websites, the right-wing media – and even in Congress – as an example of Weinstein’s scandalously shocking and outrageous language.
Just last week, Fox News’s website, in an article about a case that the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), the organization that Weinstein heads, isn’t even involved in, had to find a way to work in Weinstein’s use of these preposterously absurd words:
“And they’ve even teamed up with folks like Mikey Weinstein at Military Religious Freedom Foundation, who accuses military chaplains expressing their faith of ‘spiritual rape’ …”
Did Weinstein really use the words “spiritual rape”? Absolutely. Did he use them to describe Christians simply “expressing their faith.” Of course not. And neither did someone else who used exactly the same outrageous words over 370 years ago in exactly the same context as Weinstein.this is my problem with organized religion, the Bible, Jesus and God are recognized as being the one and only God so how do we have so many different religions teaching so many different ideologies??? the scribes that wrote the Bible i have had a problem with their interpretations not in content so much as origin. one God so many usurping's.
they are interpreting using their own ideals and the societal climate at that time so many books some saying the same thing others different isn't that exactly what is still happening?????? i believe i pray several times a day mostly giving thanks for my blessings without those Blessings i shutter to think what would be my life would be. God makes that my reality not those who create their own organized religions.
