MAAF sponsored over 20 radio advertisements on local NPR station 88.1 WVPE, including during Science Friday. The campaign brought 29 new members to the local group, mostly from the Army. Continue reading
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MAAF found advertised 342 weekly services. Of those weekly services, 304 (88.9%) were Christian. If these public presences speak almost exclusively to Christianity, why should a non-Christian trust a chaplain; why should military leaders trust non-Christians with chaplains? Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
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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 … Continue reading
Military atheists report divergence of religious affiliation of chaplains from the troops they should support. Continue reading