"God's Gun Sight" Rejected by New Zealand

[Subotan]

I wonder what the reaction would be if the Inshallah was found on an abandoned stack of Taliban AK-47s.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

Soldiers in Afghanistan have been unknowingly using rifles stamped with references to verses from the New Testament.

Not in keeping with the principles of a secular state, no.* However, it also isn't worth wasting money to fix when there are more pressing matters at hand.

*If the soldiers had inscribed them themselves, that would be alright in my view.

I wonder what the reaction would be if the Inshallah was found on an abandoned stack of Taliban AK-47s.

Yes, I can see the headlines now:

Breaking News! Taliban are Muslims!

[miotas]

Putting in quotes from the lovey dovey jesusey part of the bible doesn't make sense, if they are going to put in anything it should be from the old testament Lev 24:20 would be a good one.

[Samurai Waki]

I would prefer Ezekiel 25 17. I just like the Pulp Fiction reference

[Gregoshi]

The gun sight that says "Aimin'" with every shot at its pray.

[Aemilius Paulus]

Going along with how overblown this matter is, if I am given to understand the articles I have read correctly, the sights do not even contain the actual verses, but rather their designation (e.g. J5:14 - short for John 5:14).

That said, I am outraged. But changing this would be even more outrageous. Just tell the military supplier to cut the crap.

EDIT: Good Lord, Jesus Christ and Virgin Mary, I looked up John 5:14, a number combination I randomly created (I swear it is true), and it says Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.". Is this a good time to recant my atheism?

[Major Robert Dump]

It was a really stupid thing to do, and they damn well knew it considering they didn't fess up until busted on the matter.

Of course, had they not done it, we wouldn't get Gregoshi comments