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We're still waiting to hear back from the Pentagon about how they decided how to consolidate these categories. Their "explanation" — that less information somehow helps chaplains better do their job — still doesn't hold water.

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American Atheists

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They say their job "is not to adjudicate theological debates" but Pentagon leadership have repeatedly denigrated and attacked atheists and humanists. Their decision to include "agnostic" as a faith code, but not "atheist" or "humanist" — while also having "No Religion" — is bizarre.

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American Atheists

@atheists.org

8 June

As with most things this administration does on questions of religion, we're forced to assume the worst. Why keep "agnostic" but not the others? Is it because they want to send a signal to Christian Nationalist chaplains about who they should target for unconstitutional proselytizing?

EJS

@ethicalfun.bsky.social

8 June

HavingNo religion in a'higher power'is Normal.NoOne believes in that stuff upon being born,&NoOne hasProof of a higher power.One day I wanted proof so badly that I actually prayed for it;and obviously,no evidence ofAny 'higher power' or tangible 'afterlife' showed itself to me. It had its chance.