For what it's worth in this discussion, I have now found several stories on-line about Klingenschmitt that report, among other things, that he was a strenuous advocate for a Jewish sailor for whom the Navy had not supplied sufficient kosher food aboard ship.
See, e.g., http://www.persuade.tv/againstgoliath/NavyChaplainDailyPress1May 05WardSanderson.pdf#search='klingenschmitt'. Life is almost always more complicated than one might think! Such generosity of spirit does not, of course, conflict with the possibility that K. always hoped ultimately to convert the Jewish sailor and might, along the way, suggest that while it is admirable to eat kosher food (which Jesus would have done as a Jew), it is even better to recognize the truth of John 3:16. sandy _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
