Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the U.S. military
by a Michigan company, an ABC News investigation has found.
The sights are used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
and in the training of Iraqi and Afghan soldiers. The maker of the sights,
Trijicon,
has a $660 million multi-year contract to provide up to 800,000 sights
to the Marine Corps, and additional contracts to provide sights to the U.S. Army.
U.S. military rules specifically prohibit the proselytizing of any
religion in Iraq or Afghanistan and were drawn up in order to prevent
criticism that the U.S. was embarked on a religious "Crusade" in its war
against al Qaeda and Iraqi insurgents.One of the citations on the gun sights, 2COR4:6, is an apparent
reference to Second Corinthians 4:6 of the New Testament, which reads:
"For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined
in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in
the face of Jesus Christ."
Other references include citations from the books of Revelation, Matthew
and John dealing with Jesus as "the light of the world." John 8:12,
referred to on the gun sights as JN8:12, reads, "Whoever follows me will
never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
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