Tag Archive: Navy atheists

Jul 18 2012

Navy atheist’s epic win against “so help me god”

Reenlistment Contract - no help me god

I’ve been privately asked a few times how to deal with re-enlistment oaths, and that tricky “so help me god.” This is how. I had a run-in with an E9 who worked at Reserve Forces Command for my last reenlistment.  MY command was very understanding of atheism and accepted my wishes to change “So Help …

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Apr 07 2012

Navy atheist came out of the closet on Good Friday

navy atheist stands up to be counted

Over the last three weeks I’ve been hammering home the importance of identifying as an atheist on your records. Most atheists in the military are still under the false impression that it’s not allowed. Most of us were told that “No Religious Preference” is all we can get. That hasn’t been true for at least a …

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Apr 06 2012

You have to pick a different religious preference. I can’t spell.

recruiter couldnt spell atheist

I’m typically not a grammar Nazi when it comes to online chatter, such as a facebook post. However, when you have a really important government form that impacts someone else’s life (and even their death)… you simply need to get it right. This is super fail. Anyway… it’s extremely important that we all stand up and …

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