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Bay Boy

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7. I guess I get it...

Reply to Bad Thoughts (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 8, 2013, 11:15 AM

Jun 2013

....the military asks you for your religious preference and you put down 'atheist' you get an 'atheist chaplain'. Or at least maybe someone who understands atheists.

So why does this congressman object to a soldier getting the type of counselor he is requesting?

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Atheist chaplains would call fallen �worm food,� says Republican congressman [View all] brooklynite Jun 2013 OP

Isn't an atheist chaplain kind of an Bay Boy Jun 2013 #1

Not necessarily Bad Thoughts Jun 2013 #5

I guess I get it... Bay Boy Jun 2013 #7

Because he wants to make atheism illegitimate Bad Thoughts Jun 2013 #8

That would be an excellent question to ask him. Mariana Jun 2013 #12

�The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.� Marcus Aurelius, Meditations rug Jun 2013 #2

an atheist chaplain? I had to read that twice (before caffeine, what can I say). niyad Jun 2013 #3

Another 'genius' who managed to graduate from Medical School. Amazing... CurtEastPoint Jun 2013 #4

so I looked up his bio (which is not on his congressional home page) and found this little tidbit: niyad Jun 2013 #6

This is disgraceful and Conaway makes the argument for having secular chaplains, even cbayer Jun 2013 #9

"Thanks for your thoughts, he's fucking dead" Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #10

Great documentary. cbayer Jun 2013 #11