Monthly Archive: February 2012

Feb 29 2012

Foxhole atheists and the Pabst Yellow Ribbon campaign

Dwight-Schrute-False

We just sent out this press release. You should definitely help out by sending it to all of your media contacts. You’ve got those, right? We’re getting hammered with the same question right now. Sorry about the confusion. The only way to book a room at the Holiday Inn Bordeaux is by calling them directly 910-323-0111. …

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Feb 28 2012

Spiritual Fitness “not meant to endorse religion” VS Army’s own videos

Spiritual Fitness - Create your own online blog!

These videos may just disappear soon. Grab them while they’re hot! They’re from the Army’s public facing media outreach website. Remember, whenever lawyers and reporters are around, the term ‘spiritual fitness’ has nothing to do with religion. It’s about ‘team spirit‘ and ‘human spirit’. So it’s not illegal when mandatory… CH (MAJ) Choi – Sunday …

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Feb 27 2012

In 1971 Fort Bragg had a mandatory ‘born again’ day

Fort Bragg main post chapel

***Guest post from John Kieffer who was with the 2nd Psyops Group with the JFK Center for Special Warfare.*** I’m wondering if there is anyone who may remember this … In 1971 I was stationed at Ft Bragg and had to attend a mandatory hour long ‘fire and brimstone’ evangelical Christian sermon by a 4 Star …

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Feb 27 2012

Another crazy response from foxhole atheist-basher, Pastor Bryan Griem

Republican Jesus

**Guest post from a Facebook friend. Thanks, Beth!** My goodness. A while back, I read something somewhere about responses to a question in the Pasadena Sun concerning whether or not the military should test spirituality. (It may have been on Justin Griffith’s blog, I’m not sure.) Here was one of the responses, from a pastor …

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Feb 25 2012

Help us fight “Don’t pray?… Don’t Say!”

RBB Poster 2012-2-15

If you want to support the foxhole atheist movement, all you have to do is show up. Rock Beyond Belief  (much more information) Foxhole atheists are fighting for your rights. Please return the favor on March 31st. We’re counting on thousands of people showing up. If this doesn’t happen, it hurts the movement permanently. If …

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Feb 25 2012

Navy atheist required to pray, say “Amen”, and feign hatred of atheists

Aron Ra is a prominent atheist on YouTube, and also the new Texas State Director for American Atheists. He and Thunderf00t, and the rest of the gang at the Magic Sandwich Show had me on as a guest just recently. It prompted an anonymous sailor to write in to Aron Ra, who forwarded it to …

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Feb 22 2012

Pastor Bryan Griem belittles more US soldiers

A few days ago, Pastor Bryan Griem viciously belittled foxhole atheists in the Pasadena Sun newspaper. I encouraged readers to let him know how you feel. He didn’t respond to my letter. But he did reply to at least one. Elizabeth wrote him a letter. You can read it in this comment. But I wanted …

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Feb 20 2012

Reverend: “What does the military put on gravestones of atheists, a thumbs-down?”

Spiritual Fitness motivational

The recent article about mandatory Spiritual Fitness in the Pasadena Sun was overall quite positive. Out of a group of 10 or so religious leaders from various religious preferences, the vast majority were on our side. I’m actually happy that only a few took a stand against us. One of them at least tried to …

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Feb 20 2012

Religious leaders denounce Spiritual Fitness Test (about time!)

Spiritual Fitness separation of Church and State

The Pasadena Sun has a great collection of various religious leaders’ thoughts on the mandatory Spiritual Fitness testing and training in the US Military. Rev. Skip Lindeman – United Church of Christ: … Think about it: A guy takes the test and gets all A-grades on spirituality, and then says, “Gimme a gun so I …

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Feb 18 2012

Why the military coin that says “in god we trust” is unconstitutional

In God we trust is not religious at all

This may be ‘more’ unconstitutional than it is on money. It certainly reveals the man behind the curtain with the coins in your pocket. The motto was first challenged in Aronow v. United States in 1970, but the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled: “It is quite obvious that the national motto and the slogan …

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