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MAAF had a conversation with ChatPGT to see what an AI model thinks… or more accurately what it can aggregate, regarding some common topics for atheists in foxholes. (responses are edited for brevity) ChatGPT is, by all accounts, a great leap forward in human-created artificial intelligence. While by no means sentient, this AI’s ability to […]
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The Army’s new Publication of Field Manual 7-22 (FM 7-22 Oct 2020 Change 1) includes Chapter 10 “Spiritual Readiness.” The new chapter has a strong secular component and avoids the one-size-fits-all Christian spirituality that has tended to haunt the spiritual fitness efforts of the past. Religious solutions are available but not presented as being for […]
Military atheists report divergence of religious affiliation of chaplains from the troops they should support.
At Boston College, this weekend, former House Chaplain Conroy spoke about his life as a Jesuit and how that informed his ministry. During that discussion, he proudly recounted his discrimination against humanists. He said he denied a request for accommodation to give a humanist invocation, that it was just “rah rah fervorino” that he would […]
by Chaplain Jared Anderson I wish I had recognized chaplain ingredients sooner, so I would have had a more direct path into military service. The opportunity to serve those who have served is supremely meaningful to me, and I only regret that I didn’t start earlier. In my role as hospice chaplain, I was recently […]