{"id":33816,"date":"2015-10-26T00:45:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T03:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=33816"},"modified":"2016-11-24T22:35:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T01:35:38","slug":"military-humanists-get-last-laugh-in-charity-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/26\/military-humanists-get-last-laugh-in-charity-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Humanists Get Last Laugh in Charity Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is billed as the world&#8217;s largest workplace charitable campaign. It allows federal employees, including members of the US military, to allot donations from their paychecks to a variety of non-profit organizations. While &#8220;charity&#8221; can sometimes be stereotypically religious, the CFC allows government workers to donate to everything from the Family Research Council to Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>One <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northwestfloridacfc.org\/Donors\/CharityList.aspx\">regional campaign<\/a> chose an interesting set of artwork for the cover of their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/articles\/files\/imaginecfc.pdf\">listing pamphlet<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/images\/imaginecfc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"922\" height=\"376\" \/>Those who keep up with religious issues in the culture will immediately recognize the symbol of secular humanism, as epitomized <!--more-->by the logo of the American Humanist Association. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/images\/imaginecfc2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"159\" \/>&#8220;Imagine,&#8221; of course, is the militant secularist reference to John Lennon&#8217;s <em>Imagine<\/em> &#8212; which groups like the Freedom From Religion Foundation like to quote: &#8220;Imagine no religion&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the end, no harm is done by what amounts to little more than an &#8220;inside joke&#8221; by humanists. In fact, many who are personally involved in the project probably have no idea they signed off on symbology with meaning.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/images\/imaginecfc3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"155\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Still, it would be interesting to see the reaction had the artwork incorporated what looked like a Latin cross, with the headline &#8220;Believe&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/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 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is billed as the world&#8217;s largest workplace charitable campaign. 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