US Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret Bible Codes

Trijicon, a Michigan company that makes high-powered rifle sights for the military, has come under fire for inscribing coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ on their products. The sights contain references to Second Corinthians 4:6, "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" and John 8:12, "Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." The company has acknowledged that it adds the biblical codes to the sights sold to the US military, but says there is nothing wrong or illegal about adding them. Spokespeople for the US Army and the Marine Corps both say that they were unaware of the biblical markings, and are discussing what steps, if any, to take. I personally think this is ridiculous. Everyone knows that Jesus was such a good shot he never used sights.

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BBC Article Link

[Phrogman]

Here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8468981.stm

Seems the issue came up when some muslim members of the forces complained and asked why these inscriptions were there. Article has some good comments.

Why is this in Idle btw? Its not all that geeky but its not trivially unimportant either.