RE: Honest Scout

From: Vincent Campbell (VCampbell@dmu.ac.uk)
Date: Thu 14 Nov 2002 - 15:47:52 GMT

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    Why an atheist would want to belong to a pseudo-militaristic organisation, indoctrinating kids into recognising the "validity" and "authority" of authoritarian hierarchies, and people in uniform, in the first place is beyond me.

    (and yes I was a cub when I was very young- couldn't be bothered with badge collecting though, and never bothered joining the scouts proper; I was also very briefly in the church choir as a kid also... what is it you Americans say... "go figure").

    Vincent

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    > PORT ORCHARD, WASH. - Eagle Scout Darrell Lambert has
    > earned 37 merit badges, worked more than 1,000 hours of
    > community service and helps a Boy Scout troop in his
    > hometown.
    >
    > The 19-year-old has another distinction that might lead to
    > his removal from the Boy Scouts. He's an atheist.
    >
    > Last week, Lambert was given roughly a week by the Boy
    > Scouts' regional executive to declare belief in a supreme
    > being and comply with Boy Scout policy, or quit the Scouts.
    >
    >
    > "We've asked him to search his heart, to confer with family
    > members, to give this great thought." Brad Farmer, the
    > Scout executive of the Chief Seattle Council of the Boy
    > Scouts, told The Sun of Bremerton.
    >
    > Lambert, who has been a Scout since he was 9, said he won't
    > profess a belief he doesn't feel, saying it amounts to a
    > lie. "I wouldn't be a good Scout then, would I?"
    >
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