USAF to Atheist: Say 'God' in oath or don't re-enlist.
Lonewolf, sounds like whoever drafted the Congressional legislation made a boo-boo
In those days, there wasn't so much sensitivity to "non mainstream" people as there is today, nor as much consideration.
As with many laws, in time a case arises which will challenge a law and it ends up in the Supreme Court. Our Civil Rights movement of the past sixty years has ample example of same. I suspect that the Air Force choosing to get more with the letter of the law is going to take a few years to work through the courts, but a formal allowance for those not into deities is in order. First Amendment issue.
bcgallacher
From what I have gathered Atheists are regarded as the spawn of the devil in the US.
For Fox3:
Congress, illogical?
Yes, bg, it does, as does the attitude expressed by you in that post.
JimN, that is the first time I have ever heard of that.
What, exactly, is an atheist chaplain and what would he/she do?
JimN, that is the first time I have ever heard of that.
What, exactly, is an atheist chaplain and what would he/she do?
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Penzance, Cornwall UK
Age: 84
Posts: 30
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
An atheist chaplain is of course a contradiction in terms, an oxymoron.
Chaplain is Old French chapelain from medieval Latin capellanus 'custodian of the cloak' (of Saint Martin).
A chaplain is a member of the clergy attached to a chapel, specifically one officiating in the private chapel of a household or institution, on board ship, or for a Regiment, school etc.
The term also applies to a nun who recites the inferior services in the chapel of a nunnery.
Just sayin'..........
Chaplain is Old French chapelain from medieval Latin capellanus 'custodian of the cloak' (of Saint Martin).
A chaplain is a member of the clergy attached to a chapel, specifically one officiating in the private chapel of a household or institution, on board ship, or for a Regiment, school etc.
The term also applies to a nun who recites the inferior services in the chapel of a nunnery.
Just sayin'..........