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If religion poisons everything, as Christopher Hitchens observed, then it follows that religion is poisoning the military.
If a United States soldier was only willing to risk death for his country because of his/her belief in God and the rewards of heaven, I wonder if Hitchens would consider that soldier unfit for duty.
In some sense, every Christian soldier fails the rationality test.
These are sensitive, emotionally-charged topics, and I for one am very glad we have people like Sean Faircloth, Justin Griffith, and Mikey Weinstein to help navigate this minefield.
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