The enemy within: evangelical fundamentalism in US armed forces

Skybird · 11-27-07, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by August

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Originally Posted by Skybird

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The academy chaplain staff had grown 300 percent while the cadet population had decreased by 25 percent: from six mainline chaplains to 18 chaplains, the additional 12 all evangelical. The academy even gained 25 reserve chaplains, also nonexistent in earlier times, for a total of 43 chaplains for about 4,000 cadets, or one chaplain for every 100 cadets.

Diversity, anyone?

So if we can believe this obviously biased persons numbers, out of 48 new chaplains at the AF academy back in 2004 a whopping 12 of them are considered (by him) to be evangelical. Yeah i'd say that would be pretty diverse. Maybe not as diverse as it could be but far more diverse than you imply.

I wonder how many of the other 36 chaplains are Muslim?

6 chaplains multiplied by 300% = 18 chaplains, 12 plus former 3 (of former 6) = 15 of 18 chaplains being evangelicals, that makes for a quota of 83.3%. Clergymen raised by 300%, while cadet numbers fell by 25%.
15 fundamentalists, 2 other christians, 1 Jewish.

Math, 7th class.
Or read it in the article.

what was it with diversity?