{"id":45059,"date":"2014-04-27T09:50:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T13:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=45059"},"modified":"2014-04-27T09:50:17","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T13:50:17","slug":"the-humanist-taliban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=45059","title":{"rendered":"The “Humanist” Taliban"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ya know, you just can’t please some people and the more you give them, the more they take. Like the Taliban, the humanist movement sees the military conceding to their demands as a sign of weakness. For example, the other day, the Army decided to recognize the lack of religion, a religion says Stars & Stripes<\/a>; <\/p>\n

There may be no atheists in foxholes, but there soon will be a few humanists. The U.S. Army has heeded the plea of Maj. Ray Bradley that he (and others of his kind) receive a \u201cpreference code\u201d similar to those accorded to members of traditional religions.<\/p>\n

Religion News Service picks up the story: \u201cIn practical terms, the change means humanists could face fewer hurdles in trying to organize within the ranks; military brass would have better information to aid in planning a deceased soldier\u2019s funeral; and it could lay the groundwork for eventually adding humanist chaplains.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, after the Godless heathens win this little dance, what do they do? They decide that the First Amendment guarantees that everyone should be free from religion and they complain about the Army’s National Prayer Breakfast plans. From Military Times<\/a>; <\/p>\n

Last week, officials from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation demanded the Pentagon withdraw all support from a May 1 National Day of Prayer celebration being held in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., calling it a \u201cprivate fundamentalist Christian religious event.\u201d<\/p>\n

At issue is the group behind the event, which has close ties to evangelical Christian groups. Planners have said they are nondenominational and nonpartisan, but MRFF leaders say support for the event amounts to favoritism for conservative Christians.<\/p>\n

Army officials disagree. In a statement, service officials said they would continue to provide numerous personnel for the event, including a chaplain to offer a \u201cprayer for the military,\u201d an armed forces color guard, a brass quartet and a vocalist for the national anthem.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While I’m not a religious person, I’m enlightened enough to let people believe in whatever they want to believe, and I wouldn’t interfere with their right to honor those beliefs. But the current political climate, from abrogating the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy to allowing females in combat, having nihilist chaplains and now complaining about a prayer breakfast, it’s all turning the military into a big social experiment and it has nothing to do with readiness or national security, mostly because the flag officers are so willing to bend to every politically correct whim to please their masters. The more they give in, the more the political and social Taliban will demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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