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How Much Money Could the Department of Defense Save if it Stopped Trying to Save Souls?
. . . [G]iven all the current brouhaha over what should be cut from the federal budget, people might be interested to see some of examples of how the DoD is spending countless millions of taxpayer dollars every year to Christianize the military . . . [T]he rampant promotion of evangelical Christianity under the guise of Spiritual Fitness is going on in all branches of the military . . . Evangelizing the children of service members is one of the largest areas of spending . . . One of the reasons given by Cadence for the success of its “Strategic Ministry” is: “Deployment and possibly deadly combat are ever-present possibilities. They are shaken. Shaken people are usually more ready to hear about God than those who are at ease, making them more responsive to the gospel.” Read more . . .
PZ Myers, “Rats Emboldened by Rick Perry”
So Bryan Fischer came out swinging like a lunkhead, and now Ann Coulter scurries out to try and get in a sucker punch. Neither are very effective. Read more . . .
Letter: Get Government Out of Religion
. . . No one wants to stop people from praying to whichever God they choose whenever they choose. The complaint arises when government sponsors a particular religion and therefore imposes it on those who reject it. Read more . . .
Catholic Terrorist Arrested in Spain
A Mexican student was arrested in Madrid on Tuesday after posting his intention to attack anti-papal protestors with toxic gases, including sarin, on the internet . . . A staunch Catholic, the man said that he could not allow protests against the pope . . . So it’s secularists and atheists who are “militant” and “fundamentalist,” but they are the ones targeted for terrorist attacks and police brutality. You don’t see any atheists trying to launch poison gas attacks on Catholic events. You don’t see atheist police bashing Catholic heads at World Youth Day.
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Military Atheists Seeking the Rights and Benefits Offered to Religious Groups
As [the Department of Defense’s] “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy enters its final weeks, another mostly closeted military group is stepping into the open this summer. [Atheists of Meade] and nearly 20 other unofficial atheist fellowship groups have sprung up in recent months on U.S. military installations in the United States and around the world. In addition, students at all three service academies have started officially recognized groups of nonbelievers at their institutions. The ultimate goal would be the appointment of atheists as military chaplains in each service. Supporters say it will help ensure atheists’ fellowship needs are met, and their religious freedoms — including freedom from the imposition of religion — are protected. Read more . . .
Quote: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882)
American Essayist, Lecturer, and Poet, who led the
Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
Making Creationism Extinct: New Film Explores Dangers Of Anti-Evolutionism
Americans United opposes creationism in public school science classes because it is based on a fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible . . . A new documentary with the provocative title “No Dinosaurs in Heaven” explores these issues . . . ‘No Dinosaurs in Heaven’ intelligently argues that public education must steadfastly resist the encroachment of religion in the form of creationism, and that science literacy is essential to a healthy democracy.” Read more . . .
Homophobic Rabbi Thinks Gay Marriage Causes Earthquakes
A Spiritually Transformed Military with Ambassadors for Christ in Uniform
Throughout the U.S. military, with chapters on virtually every military installation worldwide, lurks an organization of over 15,500 fundamentalist Christian military officers who think their real duty is not to protect and defend the Constitution, but to raise up “a spiritually transformed military, with ambassadors for Christ in uniform, empowered by the Holy Spirit.” These officers belong to an organization called the Officers’ Christian Fellowship (OCF), and range in rank from future officers in ROTC and at the U.S. military’s service academies to generals and admirals. Read more . . .
