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Family Research Council Advertises Military Humanism

Family Research Council Advertises Military Humanism

The Family Research Council has chosen to celebrate Humanism as a way to advance its agenda of hate against LGBT persons. FRC has accepted a guest blog from an anonymous (and prudent) Air Force officer. The blog lays out the case that because humanists tend to support LGBT rights, that the DoD pro-LGBT policy is endorsing […]

Chaplains Are Atheists In Foxholes

Chaplains Are Atheists In Foxholes

This Memorial Day, the Washington Post examined how some chaplains struggle to reconcile their faith with the terrors of war: “What happens when the military chaplain is shaken by war” by Michelle Boorstein. The article provides some candid and real struggles of chaplains who see the physical and spiritual destruction inherent in war. I refer […]

Profile: Army LTC (Ret) Tom Gray

Profile: Army LTC (Ret) Tom Gray

I recently retired from our Army after serving 24 years active duty and another four years as a cadet. There were certainly times when I, my peers, and our soldiers would have benefited from counsel by a Humanist chaplain. When I was a platoon leader in Germany in the early 90s a soldier in our […]

What if science provided an afterlife?

What if science provided an afterlife?

by guest poster David K. Spencer, a review of Beyond Technologies by Jens Hughes. Author Hughes said he got the idea for the book after being asked if soldiers returning from war should be asked if they believe in God as an indicator of PTSD risk. Everlasting life for atheists. Now that’ll raise some eyebrows. But […]

Care Packages and Comedy for Foxhole Atheists

Care Packages and Comedy for Foxhole Atheists

Over Veterans Day, local groups showed their thanks in Los Angeles and Huntsville Alabama. In Los Angeles, Sunday Assembly LA came together to build care packages. And in Huntsville Alabama, Homegrown Comedy dedicated donations from their Veterans Day show to MAAF and Still Serving Veterans. Care Package programs are a monthly activity for MAAF and have […]