It would seem that in the Army, there is an unofficial list of "good religions" and you had better be a member of one of those faiths.
For if you do not choose to believe in an Invisible Sky God of some kind, you will be punished.
Maybe someone can explain to me why being able to "pray with the troops" is a vital leadership skill. I gather it was a different time when I was in the service, but for the time I was in, it was definitely before the rise of the Christian Taliban under the Baboon King, I never saw a commanding officer lead a prayer service or prayers of any kind. Even at formal change-of-command ceremonies, the benediction was offered by someone else.
And you can forget about being Wiccan. I suspect that any soldier who says that she or he is goig to a Wiccan service will face repercussions.
It took a lawsuit for the VA to start adding Wiccan designations to the tombstones of Wiccans.
Allergic To Common Sense, Part 31
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This is off-point, but:
Do you know if there is public access to the official after-action report of how
McCain was shot down in 'Nam?
I wonder what they do to Atheists, everyone feels threatened by us. Talk about your persecuted minority, not that I feel sorry for myself. On the contrary, I'm rather proud of myself for not believing in an invisible myth, and therefore holding myself accountable for all that I do.
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