Kathleen Johnson, Military Director, American Atheists, who is deployed right now in Iraq, sent this note talking about a disturbing incident that took place at Forward Operating Base in Iraq recently. An Army Major attend a meeting of the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, said he was a Freethinker then used his rank to shut the meeting down and threaten the attendees with punishment.
Tag: Iraq
I agree with Hilfiker that we shouldn’t paint with a wide brush and in my blog I make an extra effort not to do so, but his essay brings up an interesting point.
Missionaries have always followed the military into newly conquered areas. History is littered with the carcasses of stamped out religions and culture in the name of the Christian God.
While some groups like CPT aren’t there in Iraq to convert Muslims, other groups did move in, frothing at the mouth to convert the evil ones to Jesus.