Yes! There Damned Well ARE Atheists in Foxholes!

One irritating canard that's been endlessly circulated by the Christianoids and their brain-dead enablers and cultural panderers is that "there are no atheists in foxholes". This dumbass statement, which became something of an urban legend after WWII, is intended to alert would-be soldiers that "hey - y'all better get right with the Lawd, 'cause if not, and ya get killed in battle, y'er goin' to Hell!" Horse shit!

In previous blogs I'd pointed out the inanity and invalidity of this baloney, by citing The American Atheist and its featured 'Foxhole Atheist of the Month'. That was basically a highlight of one atheist who had seen battle, whether in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Now, I likely won't have to do that anymore, because the military atheists have decided to come forth and make themselves known, which is bad news for the myth makers. Thus, currently at the Army's Ft. Bragg, a group of outspoken atheists have formed an organization: M.A.S.H. (Military Atheists and Secular Humanists) in an effort to win recognition and ensure fair treatment for non-believers in the overwhelmingly Christian U.S. military. This is a great thing, because already the perception of many, e.g. in Iraq and Afghanistan, is the U.S. military is emulating Christian Crusaders that fought Muslims in the Crusades. The best way to puncture this bunkum is to have many more non-Christian soldiers.

One of these miltiary atheists and founder members of M.A.S.H. is Army Sgt. Justin Griffith (see photo) who makes his stance plain:

"We exist, we're here and we're normal!"

This is to sideswipe all those who calumniate unbelievers as "Satan's hordes, or helpers" or other rubbish, merely because they have no truck with a religion that bases acceptance on buying into the idea that a 2,000-year dead guy will return one day at the "end times". Added Sgt. Griffith:

"We're also in foxholes! That's a big one right there!"
Amen, brother! And I hope certain snarky ass Florida birther pastors hear and see that! For now, as Griffith notes, the group meets regularly in homes and bars outside Ft. Bragg. However, they have their sights set on winning official recognition from the Army as a distinct group - and here's where it gets dicey and troublesome for many atheists.

In order to achieve that end of recognition, the group has to jump through a defined hoop, which means entering a long bureaucratic process to achieve acceptance as a "faith group". But, of course, by definition atheists are faith-LESS, because they invest no belief in any god and their acceptance of scientific naturalism is based on evidence not faith.

Still, such recognition would enable the group to meet on base as opposed to off base, and to advertise its gatherings, and serve more effectively as a haven for like -minded soldiers who want no part of chaplains interfering in their lives and trying to impress them with biblical fairy tales and gobbledegook.

How many potential unbelievers are out there? This is difficult to say because so many want to keep their faith or unbelief to themselves, especially if it isn't the popular brand. But a report last June by the Pentagon's Military Leadership Commission estimated that 20-25% of the 1.6 million personnel have no religious preference, meaning as many as 400,000 soldiers. Meanwhile, up to 3.6 % identify themselves as atheist or humanist, which translates into 57,600 soldiers.

Whichever it is, and however they do it, we wish Sgt. Griffith all the best in his quest to bring some light - one could say enlightenment - to a military that has become way too Christianized over the past dozen years or so. This has been evidenced by everything from Gen. Jerry Boykin's odious remark to Muslims that: "My God can beat your God!", to the reprehensible behavior of Air Force Academy Cadets some years ago, in enforcing a "heathens run" in which non-Christians were beaten over the head while being forced to run a gauntlet.

The truth is, if the U.S. Military becomes only a Christian Army, it will have lost all its remaining credibility as a fighting force anywhere, and especially in the Middle East. If Sgt. Griffith and his cohort are successful, they can save the military from their own worst instincts!