Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Atheists in Foxholes

The BBC has a short report called just that. [scroll down the report to the second subhead]. It notes that Dutch forces serving in Afghanistan include 30 self-identified humanists. They even have their own chaplain, who in the absence of any spiritual function, serves as a type of counselor. The report notes that UK troops also have a "tiny number" of soldiers who identify as atheists when asked for their religious affiliation.

2 comments:

  1. not only are there atheists in foxholes, they have their own organization, named "atheists in foxholes".

    i send them postcards every few weeks.

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  2. I know there atheists in the military, but people repeat that canard about "no atheists in foxholes" all the time.

    But I didn't know about the specific organization you mention.

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