Comments on: Academy Pagan Leader Fears “Brainwashed” Christians http://christianfighterpilot.com/blog/2010/02/24/academy-pagan-leader-fears-brainwashed-christians/ A Ministry of ChristianFighterPilot.com Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:21:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Dealer http://christianfighterpilot.com/blog/2010/02/24/academy-pagan-leader-fears-brainwashed-christians/comment-page-1/#comment-7374 Dealer Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:43:21 +0000 http://christianfighterpilot.com/blog/?p=3927#comment-7374 JD - thanks for clearing that up. I always like looking at the situation from the leadership point of view, but I wasn't familiar with the rules in this situation. JD – thanks for clearing that up. I always like looking at the situation from the leadership point of view, but I wasn’t familiar with the rules in this situation.

]]> By: JD http://christianfighterpilot.com/blog/2010/02/24/academy-pagan-leader-fears-brainwashed-christians/comment-page-1/#comment-7372 JD Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:34:04 +0000 http://christianfighterpilot.com/blog/?p=3927#comment-7372 I am unaware of any military regulation in which there is a distinction between a "consecrated" or otherwise "dedicated" religious area and one that is not. That is, the military concerns itself only with the allocation of the area to the religious group, not with what the group subsequently decides to do with it. The military does not consecrate, dedicate, or otherwise make sacred, nor does it officially view the facility differently if the owning group has taken such actions. Thus, the short answer to your question is that the Air Force has not "dedicated" the circle, nor will it ever (officially). It likely has officially <i>designated</i> the circle a chapel facility, whether by verbal authorization or official memorandum. It has indicated an official presence will be at the <i>group's</i> dedication of the area, but that will not be an official Air Force religious "dedication." It is possible that the area was designated with an "as of" date in March, but that seems unlikely. The one point that is certainly valid is <i>whatever</i> "official" status the circle had prior to the news report in early February, that status was not made known to the general Air Force Academy population. I am unaware of any military regulation in which there is a distinction between a “consecrated” or otherwise “dedicated” religious area and one that is not. That is, the military concerns itself only with the allocation of the area to the religious group, not with what the group subsequently decides to do with it. The military does not consecrate, dedicate, or otherwise make sacred, nor does it officially view the facility differently if the owning group has taken such actions.

Thus, the short answer to your question is that the Air Force has not “dedicated” the circle, nor will it ever (officially). It likely has officially designated the circle a chapel facility, whether by verbal authorization or official memorandum. It has indicated an official presence will be at the group’s dedication of the area, but that will not be an official Air Force religious “dedication.” It is possible that the area was designated with an “as of” date in March, but that seems unlikely.

The one point that is certainly valid is whatever “official” status the circle had prior to the news report in early February, that status was not made known to the general Air Force Academy population.

]]> By: Dealer http://christianfighterpilot.com/blog/2010/02/24/academy-pagan-leader-fears-brainwashed-christians/comment-page-1/#comment-7367 Dealer Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:04:50 +0000 http://christianfighterpilot.com/blog/?p=3927#comment-7367 Does anyone know the legal standing of a worship site that has been consecrated by the religious leader but not dedicated by the AF? JD - can you confirm the AF has not officially dedicated the circle? Does anyone know the legal standing of a worship site that has been consecrated by the religious leader but not dedicated by the AF?

JD – can you confirm the AF has not officially dedicated the circle?

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