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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?
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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 […]
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On 12 August 2014 the United States Military Academy (USMA) incoming class of 2018 conducted a 12-mile forced march from Camp Buckner to the academy. The march is the culminating event of cadet basic training where they were taught land navigation, marksmanship, and, perhaps most importantly, how to survive within the Corps of Cadets. Now […]
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July has been an extremely productive month for MAAF and its Affiliate groups around the globe! Jason, MAAF President, and Maj. Ryan Jean, local MAAF member, participated as panelist experts during the American Humanist Association’s Congressional briefing concerning Humanist Chaplains. The following week, both participated in a Twitter Chat, also sponsored by the AHA, discussing […]