Comments on: NASA bans employees from writing the word “Jesus” https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-bans-employees-from-writing-the-word-jesus/ Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:26:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Cotour https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-bans-employees-from-writing-the-word-jesus/#comment-849735 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:26:26 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=37745#comment-849735 Are they attempting to stop out potential other religious problems like the recent situation in a meat packing plant where the Muslim employees were demanding their many prayer break’s during their work day?

http://www.examiner.com/article/cargill-meat-solutions-muslim-employees-sacked-for-striking-over-prayer-dispute

*When “lawyers rule” it in actuality means that they have determined in their capacity as lawyers for NASA that NASA should legally move in a particular direction, whether they will win in the end is probably secondary. I don’t know if I would interpret it solely as an attack on Christians or free speech but as a strategic move related to the general legal atmosphere going on in our country at the moment.

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-bans-employees-from-writing-the-word-jesus/#comment-849730 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:20:15 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=37745#comment-849730 Since its being sent and received on NASA computers they can sensor the content.

But to keep everyone happy they will just change the ruling to include all religious content of any type.

Banning just the name Jesus was a stupid move though.

]]> By: EFH https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-bans-employees-from-writing-the-word-jesus/#comment-849727 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:37:15 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=37745#comment-849727 There are over 2 dozen Jesus names in the NASA internal directory.

]]> By: Blair Ivey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-bans-employees-from-writing-the-word-jesus/#comment-849698 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 06:21:26 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=37745#comment-849698 ‘Lawyers at NASA have ruled that the agency has the right to ban the use of the word “Jesus” in any email written by employees.’

Lawyers have ruled? So I can go to law school and become an administrative martinet? What if an email is addressed to or references an Hispanic employee named Jesus?

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-bans-employees-from-writing-the-word-jesus/#comment-849691 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 04:49:55 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=37745#comment-849691 In reply to L. E. Joiner.

Thank you for the kind words. I should note that I have been appearing on the John Batchelor Show more or less continuously, at least twice a week, now since 2003, with no breaks. If you didn’t hear me, it was probably because your local radio station was not carrying the full show, and thus missed my appearances.

]]> By: L. E. Joiner https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-bans-employees-from-writing-the-word-jesus/#comment-849688 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 04:01:52 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=37745#comment-849688 Howdy– Heard you discussing this post on The John Batchelor Show this evening. It was rather depressing to hear once again the difference between NASA today and back in Christmas, 2008.

FWIW, some time ago I wrote a couple of posts on my blog on Apollo 8, and on your book Genesis:

https://walkingcreekworld.wordpress.com/2014/12/25/merry-christmas-from-the-moon/

https://walkingcreekworld.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/follow-up-genesis/

Glad to hear you back on John’s show.

/Mr Lynn

]]> By: Edward https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-bans-employees-from-writing-the-word-jesus/#comment-849673 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 00:51:08 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=37745#comment-849673 From the article: “The reason it was unacceptable? NASA lawyers didn’t want innocent observers to come to the erroneous conclusion that the space agency endorses Christianity. … NASA does in fact have a long history of religious references embedded in its institutional culture.”

A long history and even recent history, such as using the names of various gods as rocket, spacecraft, and project names. Apollo or Orion, anyone? Perhaps NASA actually *is* endorsing Greek gods or Norse gods (Thor rocket, which launched Pioneer, anyone?).

What about the directive that NASA Director Bolden told Congress that NASA had received, from the president, to educate Muslims about their contributions to science. Surely that must be an endorsement of a religion, one religion being considered so important that it is singled out for special treatment.

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