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Originally Posted by willravel
There really aren't a lot of atheists in the military, though (in the US). 15% of Americans are atheists, but I remember reading that less than 4% of military officers are atheist or are non-religious. I'm not sure if it's because an atheist is less likely to be swayed by appeals to emotion or appeals to (insert fallacy here), but it's interesting. And it's not like it's political, either. Ustwo and I could not be more different from a political standpoint, but were are both atheists. We have a fundamentalist president calling Iraqi's "evil" and talking about god... it's hard for me to see the crusades and the "War on Terror" as distinct.
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And there are 0% atheists or close to it in congress on paper, which is highly unlikely.
If I were in the military I wouldn't identify myself as atheist, I just wouldn't bother and would put down Catholic even though I find myself completely separated from it.
And evil isn't a religious concept. I don't believe in any afterlife and I think some people are evil.