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Monday, January 17, 2005

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 Atheists in foxholes

Be careful you red-state mouth breathers! Next time you salute a veteran, you might be saluting an atheist!
There ARE in fact many “Atheists in foxholes” who have served and are serving our country proudly, in all branches of the armed forces. In fact, nearly thirty million Americans do not profess a religious belief. This group includes many people who describe themselves as Atheists, Freethinkers, Secular Humanists or with other appellations.

Isn’t it time that we acknowledged and saluted them?

posted by Nanovirus @ 16:56     permalink your thoughts? 1

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Blogger Barbara (Grinn Pidgeon, SL) said...

I looked at the site, too, and it looks pretty hastily thrown together--no credible associations listed. I can't tell whether such a movement exists and don't really think of atheists as being activists for that aspect of their lives. I wonder if it is a reaction to this odd gem from Bush the other day in the Washington Times:

"'I think people attack me because they are fearful that I will then say that you're not equally as patriotic if you're not a religious person,' Mr. Bush said. 'I've never said that. I've never acted like that. I think that's just the way it is.'"

I guess I never thought anyone took the "no atheists in foxholes" cliche seriously. I always thought of it as a metaphor for being scared shitless, so to speak.

10:28 PM  

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