Tag Archive: Air Force Atheists

Oct 05 2012

Richard Dawkins speech at Air Force Base undermined at last minute

Richard Dawkins at Macky

The details are still unclear, but the U.S. Air Force Academy is no longer a viable host for a planned Richard Dawkins speaking engagement. Despite the last-minute military venue ‘no-go’, the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science secured the large Macky Auditorium at the University of Colorado at Boulder for Monday, October 15th. Military members are …

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Jul 15 2012

(Your) god is not my co-pilot

Who Here Is Offended By Religion?

Former United States Air Force member, Ian Greer, wrote me a powerful letter last night. This is one of the best accounts of a typical military experience as an out of the closet atheist in the US military. Long patches of ‘no big deal’ bookended by intense WTF-moments. SGT Griffith, My name is Ian. I …

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Jan 09 2012

USAFA Chaplain Colonel Robert Bruno stands up for atheists

wiccan falcon circle earth based spirituality USAFA air force acadamey

Pagans at the Air Force Academy in Colorado now have an outdoor equivalent of a chapel to practice their religion(s). Immediately, Christian groups expressed concern over the $50,000 Falcon Circle at USAFA. Col. Robert Bruno, the academy’s senior chaplain said: “The First Amendment guarantee of freedom of religion does not just apply to the mainstream …

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Nov 08 2011

Air Force atheist makes a new friend at the dog tag machine

Air Force Atheist dog tags, Dan Rawlings

My friend over in the Air Force, Daniel Rawlings, is an ex-Mormon and out of the closet atheist. He drove hours to make it to many of our awesome MASH Fort Bragg meetings. He has now been reassigned much further away to Travis Air Force Base, in California. Such is the transient nature of military …

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