There has been a recent push for humanist chaplains in the United States military. Around 13,000 active service members are atheist or agnostic. http://www.npr.org/2013/07/31/207320123/should-military-chaplains-have-to-believe-in-god
> > 108 > > He who turns toward God will lack for nothing. > > All his sorrow and misery will be destroyed. Similarly, by the association > with saints, all the sins, misery, and poverty will be totally eliminated. > > Taking recourse to satsaÙga gives rise to discrimination. It awakens one to > what is proper and improper, meritrious and sinful, dharmik and adharmik, and > to cognition of one's duty. That is why one who participates in satsaÙga is > saved from adharma and engages himself in right action. Saved from sin, he > will carry out meritorious activities. Established doctrine decrees, Dharmea > pÅpam anudati, that by practicing dharma, sins will be destroyed. Similarly, > satsaÙga also destroys sin. > The sorrow and anxiety which naturally scorch the human heart are > cleansed and pacified by sitting in satsanga and by listening to discussions > about BhagavÅn. The inner instrument of one who does satsaÙga will naturally > become peaceful. > Through satsaÙga the human being turns towards the omnipotent, > all-capable BhagavÅn. One who has turned towards The Lord will lack for > nothing in the world, and all his sorrow and misery will be destroyed. > Similarly, association with saints will totally eliminate all sins, misery, > and poverty. > http://lbshriver.wordpress.com/guru-dev-lectures/ > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@> wrote: > > > > Buck is, what is known as in the spiritual industry as, the Spiritual Slut. > > I have myself in the past talked about Buck's Spiritual Slut Syndrome. He > > sleeps with any saint that visits his town he can't help it. > > > > > > On Jul 31, 2013, at 11:33 AM, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" <anartaxius@> wrote: > > > > > Buck wrote: > > > > > > 'Signed, The last conservative meditator on FFL like the Last of the > > > Mohicans, -Buck' > > > > > > In evolutionary terms, the last of anything means the next step is > > > extinction. What is this you wrote about an exemption? Are you on some > > > kind of probation? What would a parole violation be? > > > > > > > > >
