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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thormagni" data-source="post: 2650670" data-attributes="member: 13637">I just want to say that for the record, I am in the same boat with you on this. I just read a story yesterday where the Air Force chaplains had an unofficial policy that while they agreed not to try to evangelize those who already had faith beliefs, it was open season on those who did not express a preference. Because, you see, evangelizing is such a component of some denominations that a chaplain from that denomination just HAD to evangelize to the heathens. So if I am some atheist young airman, I would have to put up with captains and colonels and what have you laying down the word of God on me. How would THAT not be coercion? And how long would it be before the "nonchurched" included those who were nominally Jewish or Muslim but essentially non-practicing? And with the rank differential, how long before that evangelizing became less of a voluntary thing and more of an order? "You will attend 9 a.m. services Sunday, airman!" What a load.And I honestly had a point as to how this tied back to my original suggestion, but now I forget what it was. Methinks I may need some caffeine.</blockquote>