[Vision2020] Religious Diversity Education

[Ted Moffett]

Luke et. al.

Are you listening to what you are saying?

You imply the US military is somehow amiss in offering a religiously diverse 
support system for the men and women who fight to defend us?  So a man or 
women who is risking their life for us who happens to be Islamic or Jewish 
or Hindu should not receive this religiously diverse support?

What "reforms" are you suggesting?

Ted

>From: "Luke" <lukenieuwsma@softhome.net>
>To: thansen@moscow.com, "Donovan Arnold" <donovanarnold@hotmail.com>
>CC: "vision2020" <vision2020@moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Religious Diversity Education
>Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 22:24:18 -0700
>
>Hello, Mr. Hansen:
>
>     What would I have to say about the military, given this discussion? It 
>needs reform, like the rest of the world. It will come.
>Luke
>
>P.S. Though there are indeed many different denominations in the church 
>today, most of them agree on the essential point of the gospel: Christ died 
>for sinners, that they might forsake a life of sin (sin being defined, for 
>the most part, as what the Bible says is sin).
>   ----- Original Message -----
>
>   From: Tom Hansen
>   To: Luke ; Donovan Arnold
>   Cc: vision2020
>   Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 6:33 PM
>   Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Religious Diversity Education
>
>
>   What would you have to say about the U.S. military.  Each of the 
>branches of the armed forces provide services for many religions.  This 
>strongly implies that the U.S. armed forces promotes diversity.
>
>   If you are right (and I seriously doubt it from ALL angles) and there is 
>only one "right" denomination (realizing that Christianity is divided into 
>denominations), what does this say about the military?
>
>   Tom Hansen
>   Moscow, Idaho
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com 
>[mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On Behalf Of Luke
>     Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 4:52 PM
>     To: Donovan Arnold; thansen@moscow.com
>     Cc: vision2020
>     Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Religious Diversity Education
>
>
>     Mr. Arnold:
>         The position you are taking is known as relativism; everyone's 
>right, no one is really wrong, you can believe what you believe, and I'll 
>believe what I want to. The problem with this is that it avoids all the 
>real questions in life; what is right, and what is wrong? If every religion 
>is acceptable, then how can you avoid the conflictions between belief and 
>belief when people live out what they believe? We're not all saying the 
>same thing; everyone is singing to a different tune, and it sounds rather 
>dissonant.
>         You essentially stated that it was wrong to claim absolute 
>certainty of your religion. However, you claim absolute certainty that I am 
>wrong. You're not considering the possibility that I may be right. I think 
>there's a contradiction here.
>
>     Best,
>     Luke Nieuwsma

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