ABC News: Secret 'Jesus' Bible Codes on ACOGs

[Kuciwalker]

I look ****ing retarded here.

[Ben Kenobi]

If a political cartoon can generate riots and death threats

So because Muslims would be offended we should shut down Christian sayings on rifles?

I personally find it amusing. I have in the past done this myself on ad materials, just enough to make people wonder, is that on purpose?

[Solomwi]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm a product of public schools. Honestly I had no idea that the two words were spelled differently, because nobody ever says "Discreetion is the better part of valor."

Didn't mean to pile on. I was just too lazy to finish reading the thread.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I do wonder what the outcry would be from Christian groups if the engravings on military scopes were references to Quran verses instead?

[Boris Godunov]

I can't think of a better way to win hearts and minds in the Islamic world.

[Felch]

Imran, I would first assume it was part of the item code. If I later found out that it was because the scope maker was a Muslim, I'd be fine with it. As long as the scope works, I see no problems. Christians aren't nearly as hateful of Muslims as Muslims are of Christians. We're cool with people having other ideas, as long as they don't ram those ideas down our throats with death threats. If the verse in question were anti-Christian it would be a different story. But if it were some verse referring to God as the source of light or otherwise similar in tone and theme to these verses, I'd be fine with it. These are illuminated optics here, I think it's perfectly reasonable to have references to light on them. You could just as easily make running shoes that have ECC9:11 on them. "I turned me to another thing, and I saw that under the sun, the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the learned, nor favour to the skilful: but time and chance in all." Would that be proselytizing? Or would it just be some badass **** to have on your shoes before you run circles around some trifling fool?

[Drake Tungsten]

I do wonder what the outcry would be from Christian groups if the engravings on military scopes were references to Quran verses instead?

Who cares? If Christian fundamentalists had any real influence in American society, we never would've elected a Muslim president...

[Guynemer]

1.3/10.

It's like you're not even trying anymore, Drake. Are you okay? We're worried about you.

[Sprayber]

So what. Christianity has a pretty violent history and there are people that don't want to be connected to organisations with such a path. Why should they secretly be connected with this organisations violent past ? Even if they are not aware of this subtle connection. Actually, they are ****ing their customers for their own beifit.

Aren't the people using the weapons connected to a violent organization already?

[Sprayber]

Having bible verses associated with instruments of death has always been distasteful in my opinion. I won't get all upset about it because the military is full of that stuff regardless if the brass officially approves of it or not. I can see however where it would not be expedient for the US military to be projecting this kind of stuff while in a Muslim country. It isn't about giving in to Muslim retards, its about having a little common sense about what your displaying. The Pentagon will have to decide if it is worth the problems created to keep the equipment and the company will have to decide if it is worth the expense on keeping the verses.

[DinoDoc]

I can't think of a better way to win hearts and minds in the Islamic world.

You know I used to think America was OK, but then I heard about this alphanumeric code someone put on thier rifles. Now, I'm just fine with killing civilians.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Christians aren't nearly as hateful of Muslims as Muslims are of Christians.

[Patroklos]

I do wonder what the outcry would be from Christian groups if the engravings on military scopes were references to Quran verses instead?

I could find it supremely funny that I am killing Taliban fighting a holy war with weapons inscribed with their own religious messages.

In any case, the DoD uses Windows and IE products almost exclusively and blatantly so and thus we are delivering all our foreign partners into their market share. When is Apple going to sue?

[Imran Siddiqui]

While Apple love can be somewhat religious, I don't think it counts .

[Boris Godunov]

You know I used to think America was OK, but then I heard about this alphanumeric code someone put on thier rifles. Now, I'm just fine with killing civilians.

Yeah, it's not like there isn't already widespread suspicion throughout the Muslim world that the USA is engaging in a religious conflict with a goal is to oppress Islam. So I can't imagine how this would POSSIBLY reinforce that idea, nooooo.