by guest contributor Juan Morales, retired blackhawk pilot I lost a friend last Thursday, and for a moment I was devastated. I just retired nary a couple of weeks ago after 26 years of military service. Like many folks I know, during my final days the thought crossed my mind: “I hope I don’t lose […]
2017 Memorial Day Post courtesy of United Coalition of Reason No Atheists in Foxholes? Look Again! Last Sunday (Memorial Day), I attended as the Head of the Humanist Chaplaincy in the Netherlands – a guest at the American Cemetery in Margraten (Limburg). More than 8,000 American soldiers are buried here. The Humanist Association ask me to […]
Update 8/7: A 7/21 update made the following changes, which all seem to be grammatical and category errors, nothing related to content. Deleted: American Council Christian Catholic Church, Presbyterian Council for Chaplains, National Association of Evangelicals, Chaplaincy Full Gospel Churches, Associated Gospel Churches, and Tioga River (no active members). Entries for Reform Judaism, LDS, Open […]
There is significant angst in the military community about ‘loss of faith’. Loss of faith is listed explicitly as a moral injury and contributor to general and even traumatic stress. The wording ‘loss of faith’ is framed, purposely or not, for negativity and evangelism. The danger is seeing loss of faith as exclusively a bad thing […]
Update 25 May: Further Analysis of the list Update 23 Apr 2017: Minor corrections to Excel version of changes as well as a comparison to 2017 and 2013 Faith Group code listings to show impact of changes. Further commentary from MAAF and affected organizations, as well as analysis and recommendations forthcoming shortly as this story […]