Documentary, Constantine's Sword

CONSTANTINE’S SWORD, by Oscar-nominated documentarian Oren Jacoby, is an astonishing exploration of the dark side of Christianity, following acclaimed author and former priest James Carroll on a journey of remembrance and reckoning. [More]

UPDATE FROM THE DIRECTOR An unexpected response to the production of Constantine’s Sword, we would like to share with you, was the founding of The Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a clearinghouse for reports of religious prejudice by men and women serving in the US Armed Forces. Mikey Weintsein, who appears in the film with his son Casey, felt compelled to start the organization when he saw their story in the context of a long history of the terrible events that have followed the coming together of religious zealotry and military power, as shown in the movie. Many of the thousands of letters and emails they receive support the concerns we present, in our account of recent events at the US Air Force Academy, and suggest that the phenomenon has spread to all branches of the Armed Forces. Follow this link to see some examples. Oren Jacoby, Director

The Christianization of the US Military in the War on Terror

The controversy surrounding the US Army’s Comprehensive Soldier Fitness (CSF) program is but the tip of the proverbial iceberg when it comes to the frightening “Christianization” of the American military. The trend towards a more Christian armed forces has been greatly accelerated over the last decade during the “War on Terror,” which despite the protestations of both the Bush and Obama administrations is often seen by millions of  Muslims as a war against Islam itself.

Muslims, already wary of American intentions before 9/11, stood up and took notice when former President George W. Bush declared after the tragic 2001 terror attacks that “this is a new kind of evil… This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while.” To Muslims, the word ‘crusade’ sounds a lot like ‘jihad’ does to us, only stronger. It evokes collective “memories” of the centuries-old and centuries-long quest by European invaders to conquer lands holy to both Christianity and Islam. It’s the last word that should’ve been uttered by a born-again Christian president trying to convince the Muslim world that America was not declaring war on Islam.

General Boykin: "We are a Christian nation."

The fact is, to many top U.S. military commanders this is a crusade. When faced with the “why do they hate us” question,Lieutenant General Jerry Boykin, a Deputy Undersecretary of Defense during the George  W. Bush administration, answered: “because we’re a Christian nation. We are hated because we are a nation of believers.” Boykin, who believes that Bush was appointed by God, believed in fighting jihad with jihad: “Our spiritual enemies will only be defeated if we come against them in the name of Jesus.” The three-star general appeared on CNN where he reminisced about hunting down Somali warlord Osman Atto, who claimed he was protected from the Americans by Allah. “Well you know what,” Boykin blustered on worldwide cable TV, “I knew that my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol.

Fred A. Leuchter

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Fred A. Leuchter
Born	Frederick A. Leuchter, Jr. USA
Residence	Malden, Massachusetts, U.S.
Known for	Manufacturer of execution equipment; author of Holocaust denial literature[1]

Frederick A. (Fred) Leuchter, Jr. is an American Federal Court qualified expert inexecution technology and author of forensic Holocaust denial material. He has been employed by State authorities within the United States to improve the design of instruments for capital punishment as a result of which he has fulfilled execution equipment contracts with several states.^[2] Leuchter became known around the world for his testimony in defense of Holocaust denier Ernst Zündel in 1988.^[3] His study for Zündel's trial is referred to as the Leuchter report after it was published by Zündel as such^[1][4] and is often framed as a scientifically based work of Holocaust denial, though his research methods and findings have been discredited.^{[citation needed]} An Errol Morrisdocumentary on the controversy, entitled Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., was released in 1999.