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Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 9:13
AM
Subject: Re: Victory for Military
Chaplains Who Pray "In Jesus Name"
Having lost this debate on its intellectual merits, Mr. Finkelman
resorts to personal attacks on my character.
Yet I agree with him on one point, that pride is a terrible sin, so
I shall here endeavor to humbly practice Proverbs 27:2: "Let
another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your
own lips" lest I appear to toot my own horn.
84% of the Sailors on my ship agreed, "the command chaplain cares for all
denominations, regardless of faith or belief.
94% of Americans supported me during my hunger strike, and only 6%
supported the Navy's position, in this poll:
85% of Americans supported my position on the issue of letting chaplains
pray in Jesus name, in this poll:
Ultimately, even public opinion is secondary to God's opinion, and if I
have pleased Him then I am justified.
But having lost this NATIONAL debate, the anti-Jesus crowd was
properly rebuked by the American public (who is decidedly pro-Jesus), and so
the Navy and Air Force were ordered by Congress to respect public opinion (and
the Constitution), so freedom of religious _expression_ was properly
restored.
I don't mind the personal insults by Mr. Guinn and Mr. Finkelman,
(I've been insulted by better men), but their lack of intellectual
argument appears very much as "sour grapes."
Chaplain Klingenschmitt
Paul Finkelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Sounds
very much like someone tooting his own horn? Is excessive pride
also a
sin?
One can only wonder how G-d will respond to someone who brags
about his
work to make outcasts of gay members of the human family.
Perhaps the
Chaplain should try marching a mile or two in the boot of a
gay sailor
or soldier.
I am no expert on the chaplain's faith, but
have spent a great deal of
my life studying religion and this is the
first time I have ever heard a
Christian assert that praying fomr the
Book of Psalms compromised a
Christian's faith.
Paul
Finkelman
President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of
Law
and Public Policy
Albany Law School
80 New Scotland
Avenue
Albany, New York 12208-3494
518-445-3386
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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