{"id":27504,"date":"2014-01-02T02:14:33","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T05:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=27504"},"modified":"2016-10-01T23:51:39","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T02:51:39","slug":"chaplain-of-the-marine-corps-on-faith-in-the-foxhole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/02\/chaplain-of-the-marine-corps-on-faith-in-the-foxhole\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaplain of the Marine Corps on Faith in the Foxhole"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The Marine Corps motto Semper Fidelis means \u201cAlways Faithful.\u201d For USMC\u2019s entire existence, Marines and sailors have fought gallantly on the battlefield with ever-present faith. That faith was administered through the wise words of Navy chaplains and religious program specialists, who preach religion to devil dogs and promote ethical and moral behavior as well as provide them guidance. Today, Navy chaplains continue to play an integral role in supporting Marines and sailors to improve combat readiness.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Chaplain of the Marine Corps, Chaplain (RAdm) Margaret Kibben,\u00a0<!--more-->recently visited a base in Hawaii and was interviewed on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/117955\/chmc-explains-faiths-impact-marine-corps#.Uq0VEU2A2Ul\">faith&#8217;s impact in the Marine Corps<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Q: What\u2019s the hardest part about helping those who are struggling to find faith?<\/p>\n<p>A: \u201cThe hardest part is when they\u2019re hurting so badly, or their cynicism has gotten such control over them that they won\u2019t let it go. And they won\u2019t allow themselves to see there\u2019s more to life than what\u2019s meeting their eyes. And the hardest part is convincing people there\u2019s much more than they can see.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The answer is particularly appropriate, given how some atheists have balked at any insinuation they might have &#8220;faith.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\" data-size=\"small\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Marine Corps motto Semper Fidelis means \u201cAlways Faithful.\u201d For USMC\u2019s entire existence, Marines and sailors have fought gallantly on the battlefield with ever-present faith. That faith was administered through the wise words of Navy chaplains and religious program specialists, who preach religion to devil dogs and promote ethical and moral behavior as well as provide them guidance. Today, Navy [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4541,20,5284,2545,505,149,2,36,1945,4540],"class_list":["post-27504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chaplain","tag-always-faithful","tag-atheism","tag-chaplain","tag-faith","tag-margaret-kibben","tag-marines","tag-military","tag-navy","tag-no-atheists-in-foxholes","tag-semper-fidelis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}