<DIV>TH,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Are you asking me why I don't think someone who doesn't believe all people are created equal in the eyes of God is not fit to decide which men die and which men live in the battle field?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Or are you asking me why I don't think an Atheist doesn't believe that all men are created equal in the eyes of God?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Au contraire, Chas.<BR><BR>I simply do not believe that a person's religious preference (or lack <BR>thereof) should be applied as a measuring stick of that person's ability <BR>to lead.<BR><BR>Question for you, D. Arnold: How do you confuse an atheist with a person <BR>that does not support the US Constitution or equality? I have known <BR>several
admitted atheists in the Army ranking from private first class (E-<BR>3) to master sergeant (E-8) to lieutenant colonel (O-5).<BR><BR>Although I may not have agreed with some of the orders issued to me by <BR>atheist supervisors (these terms are not mutually exclusive), my <BR>disagreement was not on the basis of their lack or religious conviction.<BR><BR>I anxiously await your response to my question.<BR><BR>Tom "Protestant - or so it says on my dog tags" Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR><BR>> Tom,<BR>> <BR>> I am very concerned. Apparently, you believe that a<BR>> Constitution-scoffer and inequality proponent would be a suitable<BR>> leader of our troops. I know this because our ever-discerning Donovan<BR>> Arnold somehow divined it from this thread. It has to be true!<BR>> <BR>> Dononvan wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > So you think someone that doesn't believe in the Constitution or that <BR>all<BR>> > men are created equal should have command
over the life and death of <BR>our<BR>> > troops?<BR>> <BR>> Explain yourself, Tom!!!<BR>> <BR>> Woefully,<BR>> <BR>> Chas<BR>> <BR><BR><BR>"People who ridicule others while hiding behind anonymous monikers in chat-<BR>room forums are neither brave nor clever." <BR><BR>- Latah County Sheriff Wayne Rausch (August 21,<BR>2007)<BR><BR>---------------------------------------------<BR>This message was sent by First Step Internet.<BR>http://www.fsr.com/<BR><BR><BR>=======================================================<BR>List services made available by First Step Internet, <BR>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <BR>http://www.fsr.net <BR>mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<BR>=======================================================<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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