US Army Chaplain Kevin Wainwright wrote a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal after reading the Atheist in the Chaplain’s Foxhole. His comments highlighted one of the themes of the article: the seemingly bumbling and apathetic attitude of Navy Chaplain (Lt) Terry Moran to his physical safety (and, by extension, that of his immediate comrades). Read more
The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating article about Navy Chaplain (Lt) Terry Moran and his armed escort, Chaplain’s assistant RP2 Philip Chute.
Chaplain Moran is a Seventh Day Adventist. Specialist Chute is an atheist. The subtitle says it all: “This Chaplain is Protected by God…and by an Atheist…at War.”
Lt. Moran takes the Bible at its word, rejects the evolution of species and believes the Earth to be 6,000 years old. He carries a large Bible with him into the combat zone, while RP2 Chute totes writings of Richard Dawkins, the evolutionary biologist and fierce critic of the notion that God designed the universe.
If nothing else, it appears the two have a respect for their relative roles: Read more