Retired Marine Corporal William “Kyle” Carpenter was recently presented the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony. During a Fox and Friends interview, Carpenter was asked about a tattoo he has of a Bible verse:
“Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle. Psalms 144:1”
Carpenter explained that he and his fellow Marines Read more
As noted before, some atheists, like many political or social activists, can sometimes become so engrossed in their presumed persecution they see offense where none exists.
Military atheists, for example, took a General officer to task when she made the fairly benign statement that military service requires you to believe in things “bigger than yourself.” They derided a US military Chaplain for describing his duties as required by regulation. In both cases, statements were attributed to the officers they didn’t actually say — it was just what the atheists thought they heard — a perception apparently skewed by an assumption of persecution. Most recently, atheists brought up an old story about a Navy atheist who was “forced to permanently cover” a tattoo. CTR2 Michael Wheeler had the logo of the band Bad Religion, the “crossbuster,” tattooed on his arm where it was visible, even in uniform:
Naturally, there was much consternation and implication of persecution on the part of the atheists. In the end, a few who commented did correctly note a Read more