For God and country: What do the US military think of Christians...

[yallerdawg]

the Bible and America's 'moral decline'?

Source: Christian News, by Joseph Hartropp



A new survey has polled the views of American military members on Christian faith and the Bible. Most military members have a 'very positive' view of believers, and say that American morality is in decline, while nearly half believe Bible doesn't have enough influence on society.

The study by Barna Group, released this month, explores the attitudes of US military personnel, past and present, and their perspectives on contemporary religion.

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Among those who are either 'friendly' or 'neutral' towards the Bible, most (86 per cent) believe that American morality is in decline. Such a view is most common amongst those who are retired or have been discharged from the military (91 per cent) or those who are 'born-again' Christians (92 per cent).

Many also believe the Bible could be part of the solution. A little less than half (46 per cent) of service men and women said the Bible has too little influence in US society – though 22 per cent said the Bible has 'too much' influence, and 33 per cent said its influence was 'just right'.

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Read it all at: https://www.christiantoday.com/us/for-god-and-country-what-do-the-us-military-think-of-christians-the-bible-and-americas-moral-decline/118931.htm

[msongs]

1. christians love war, the military would be unemployed without war. perfect match nt

[Cartoonist]

2. American morality in decline

Everyone who said that probably voted for Trump.

They love the Bible and the Ten Commandments, so they probably support Moore.

Religion: the ultimate mind-fucker.

[guillaumeb]

3. From 12% during WWII, to 0.04% in the apst 20 years or so,

only a tiny fraction of US citizens are veterans. So this surveyed group is a tiny subset of all US citizens.

[yallerdawg]

4. Not quite right.

As of Jan. 31, there were close to 1.4 million people serving in the U.S. armed forces, according to the latest numbers from the Defense Manpower Data Center, a body of the Department of Defense. That means that 0.4 percent of the American population is active military personnel.

...As of 2014, the VA estimates there were 22 million military veterans in the U.S. population. If you add their figures on veterans to the active personnel numbers mentioned above, 7.3 percent of all living Americans have served in the military at some point in their lives.

But since only 2 million veterans and about 200,000 current personnel are women, that overall percentage varies a lot by gender — 1.4 percent of all female Americans have ever served in the armed services, compared to 13.4 percent of all male Americans.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-percentage-of-americans-have-served-in-the-military/

[guillaumeb]

5. My decimal point error. Thank you for the correction.

[Lordquinton]

6. What is your view on this topic?

Is this a good or bad thing? Neutral?

[yallerdawg]

7. My view is that it is interesting and informative.

Also, an explanation of why there are so few atheists found in foxholes, it has become a standardized meme.

"So few" means there are some on occasion, OK?

[Lordquinton]

8. Ah, back to that meme again

I'm surprised to hear you using a term created by one of the new atheists.