Atheists Want Guard to Stop Bible Handouts. What is your opinion?

If you don't want a book, don't take a book. That's easy. I think the bigger question is tax funding of a specific religious credo. Taxpayers' dollars do not need to go toward publishing religious materials.

How about Atheists just not take a Bible when given free will to take one or not. Why should they dictate to others if they can take a Bible from thise handing them out or not?

just do not take bible.Atheists can cry all they want

I am a Christian soldier but I do understand that there are now many faiths that make up the armed services. It is very easy to just say no thank you...on the same hand, I believe there shepuld be alternatives offered to others that want a choice.

"I'd throttle the POS that complained about it."
"i heard that the isis is hiring!! maybe those athiest might need a job??"
"...they should be discharged for inability to adapt to military life."
"...they will be the one's screaming for God when they get ready to meet their Maker..."

Aside from the actual thread, what hate. Do you ever feel light-headed on your pedestals? These religions, or lack of, aren't external to the military. When you are talking about someone's worldview as slamming it, because it doesn't align with your own, you are also talking about other service-members and vets.

Handing out bibles to grown human beings? So what? It makes news because it's outrageous. Most non-religious people DON'T CARE. But you don't want to hear that, do you?

i heard that the isis is hiring!! maybe those athiest might need a job??

I have no problem with people's religious beliefs (or lack thereof) or convictions. Just because there are atheists in the world, does not mean that Bibles should not be allowed to be offered up. I am willing to bet that the majority of Missouri Guard members are Christian (which is not a pro/neg argument for Christianity, just a observation). So..the Bible would be the right choice to offer out. Because that is what most would want.

If someone does not want one, do not take one.

End of story (for me)

I could understand why a believer of any other religion might be offended by being offered a Bible, but why would an atheist? To an atheist, the bible is just science fiction - nothing more than an elaborate novel. I am a Christian, but I try to respect the beliefs of others. Personally, I think that this is one of the things that we as a country have lost in recent years. Our founding fathers believed in freedom of religion (read that ... freedom OF. NOT freedom FROM). They had a specific religious belief shoved down their throats by a monarch, so they wanted all of us to be able to worship as we please (as a free people should). This is a conversation for atheists to avoid. They have nothing to do with religion by voicing their non-beliefs.

I bet u if it was a koran or some other religious book it would not have been an issue..if u are a true atheist then it would not bother u either way

Here is what I think. The athiest say that it aginst there belifs and dont want them handed out that it is violating there civil rights.
How is it violating there civil there civil rignts. What about my civil rignts. if they stop the giving of the bible and it then infringes on my civil rights. how is there want differ from mine. Dont want the vible dont take it. dont want to it dont look. it simple. I don't go around saying that aithisim is wrong or that it's stupid. So why sould they dictate what I want or need.