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Wow, an article cam out today about an atheist soldier sueing the military for denying him promotion and actually threatning his person for his non belief. The soldier has served two tours in Iraq.And no, he is not seeking money, so toss the greedy factor out the window as an excuse to dismiss his argument. Having been in the gulf three times, I have seen this pressure first hand.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/08/atheist.soldier/in dex.html?iref=mpstoryview
"He served two tours of duty in Iraq and has a near perfect record. But somewhere between the tours, something changed. Hall, now 23, said he no longer believes in God, fate, luck or anything supernatural.
Hall said he met some atheists who suggested he read the Bible again. After doing so, he said he had so many unanswered questions that he decided to become an atheist.
His sudden lack of faith, he said, cost him his military career and put his life at risk. Hall said his life was threatened by other troops and the military assigned a full-time bodyguard to protect him out of fear for his safety."
Hall isn't seeking compensation in his lawsuit -- just the guarantee of religious freedom in the military. Eventually, Hall was sent home early from Iraq and later returned to Fort Riley in Junction City, Kansas, to complete his tour of duty.
He also said he missed out on promotions because he is an atheist.
"I was told because I can't put my personal beliefs aside and pray with troops I wouldn't make a good leader," Hall said.
Michael Weinstein, a retired senior Air Force officer and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, is suing along with Hall. Weinstein said he's been contacted by more than 8,000 members of the military, almost all of them complaining of pressure to embrace evangelical Christianity."
Read on, the article is interesting. |
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Posted by freethinker on 2008-07-10 11:38:16 | Rating: | Views: 99
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You can be sure that it wasn't Christians (i.e., true followers of Jesus Christ) who were persecuting him. Our mark is love, not hate. Even the Inquisitors and the Crusaders were obviously not Jesus-men. They were tools of the devil, killing Muslims and Jews. True Christians would have done their darndest to convert them to Christ. True Christians are known by their love and compassion. All who name the name of Jesus and don't exhibit those traits are sham Christians. Amen.
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Posted by theophilus
on 2008-07-11 09:41:02
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no offense theophilus, but if i do not believe in Jesus am I to burn?
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Posted by bloodintheeyes
on 2008-07-11 22:14:48
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i'm definitely coming back to this to read the article & whatnot but i'm crazy busy at work lately & i just had to stop by because, believe it or not, i had a dream about u!!! lmao!! it wasn't like i met u in the dream or anything but i dreamt about thoughts.com & ur main pic was the first on my friends list in the dream....the site was different...there was some sort of 'chat' feature & we were talking on there. ur girlfriend was also in the chatroom lol her main pic was a sexy cartoon female heroine with black hair & a bright purple background....thats all i really remember tho.... thought u might get a kick out of it. lol!! hope all is well!
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Posted by foxx_flie
on 2008-07-15 13:32:57
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hehe
How did you know my girl was a hot cartoon chick?!?!?!
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Posted by freethinker
on 2008-07-15 18:07:25
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call me psychic ;o) lol
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Posted by foxx_flie
on 2008-07-29 12:14:05
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I guess atheists are driven to kill as much as a good god-faring person.
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Posted by TerrorBytePresent...
on 2008-08-14 02:03:15
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Nope. In fact much less driven. They have no book telling them people should be made to accept the 'true' religoin of the almighty creator. I assume you saw the towers go down right?People who do not believe in the afterlife have a much bigger incentive to stay alive than a person who actually thinks they will live forever.
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Posted by freethinker
on 2008-08-17 12:23:25
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