tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840867179601918652.post137582887573963608..comments2024-01-08T01:16:37.067-07:00Comments on REVOLUTIONARY SPIRITS: Faith, Politics, Opinion: Onward Agnostic SoldiersGary Kowalskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00832434470111324769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840867179601918652.post-71304644869678802342008-06-30T10:08:00.000-07:002008-06-30T10:08:00.000-07:00I WAS indeed wondering about those Horse Protestan...I WAS indeed wondering about those Horse Protestants!<BR/>Hey, are you aware of this website? They're not exactly active as they've been formed around a 2005 rally on Veterans Day.<BR/>http://www.atheistfoxholes.org/<BR/>They write:<BR/>WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT?<BR/><BR/>“There are no Atheists in foxholes!”<BR/><BR/>It’s a claim that is repeatedly made by many politicians, media pundits and especially preachers. But is it true?<BR/><BR/>No!<BR/><BR/>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.<BR/><BR/>Isn’t it time that we acknowledged and saluted them?"jUUggernauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842556481507708093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840867179601918652.post-56747921850883708702008-06-30T06:30:00.000-07:002008-06-30T06:30:00.000-07:00Of the Continental Army, Adams wrote, "There were ...Of the Continental Army, Adams wrote, "There were among them, Roman Catholicks, English Episcopalians, Scotch and American Presbyterians, Methodists, Moravians, Anabaptists, German Lutherans, German Calvinists, Universalists, Arians, Priestleyans, Socinians, Independents, Congregationalists, Horse Protestants and House Protestants, Deists and Atheists." A "Horse Protestant" was nominally Protestant, but had about as much appreciation for reformed theology as Oliver Cromwell's pony.Gary Kowalskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00832434470111324769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8840867179601918652.post-85878619777410819392008-06-27T13:54:00.000-07:002008-06-27T13:54:00.000-07:00I'm surprised about the John Adams quote. It's pro...I'm surprised about the John Adams quote. It's probably my lack of reading in US history (I'm German) but that Atheists were even mentioned I had not expected. In the context of pervasive religiosity at the time to even say the word, much less identify someone with it, must have been dangerous. At the same time, the horrors of religious war and prosecution were not really over yet, and may have given many people pause to wonder about the benevolence of that unseen postulate.<BR/><BR/>If only America fought fewer wars, then we could honor men & women in uniform in alternating years: even years for all military ranks, odd years for all English majors in McDonalds uniforms, hospital employees and meter maids (although the latter, I'm told, eat their young).jUUggernauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842556481507708093noreply@blogger.com