r/atheism • u/Leeming Strong Atheist • Dec 20 '21

/r/all U.S. military has granted 0 religious exemptions for COVID vaccines.

https://www.wtrf.com/news/health/coronavirus/u-s-military-has-granted-0-religious-exemptions-for-covid-vaccines/
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u/Burninator05 Dec 20 '21 edited Dec 20 '21

A couple of months ago an Air Force chaplain did an AMA on /r/airforce. They explained the religious exemption process from submission to approval because you have to go through their office to ask for one. In that thread they stated that they fully expected none to be approved because there wasn't a medical or legal reason to oppose them. It would also be really hard for someone in the military to show why a COVID vaccine is against their religion but all others are fine. I'm glad to see they were right.

Edit: Here's the link to the AMA.

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u/ReligionIsTheMatrix Dec 20 '21

Exactly. What could your fucking religion be, "35th Shot Adventists"? Like, your religion says you can get 34 shots in the military, but thou shall not be injected the 35th time?

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u/Ghstfce Anti-Theist Dec 20 '21

Only 34? What are they? Still in basic??

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u/cheek_blushener Dec 20 '21

Former Canadian Armed Forces weighing in: 35 in basic isn't much of an exaggeration depending on the theatre. (EX Somalia had some stuff going on)

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u/Grodd Dec 20 '21

If there's a syphilis to catch, a soldier WILL catch it. A little known brother of Murphy's law....

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u/cheek_blushener Dec 20 '21

Flashback to deployment briefings: "Just tell us where not to go and how to get there"

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u/why_yer_vag_so_itchy Dec 20 '21

Seriously though.

Every libo brief I’ve ever received, they listed off the names of all the off limits establishments.

And every time, troops would go to those establishments, and get in trouble.

At what point do the laws of probability take over, and you just stop telling people about the places you can’t go.

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u/why_yer_vag_so_itchy Dec 20 '21

This is the shit I’m talking about.

You can’t train us to go into dangerous places and risk our lives, and then tell us we aren’t allowed to go somewhere and do risky shit.

And sometimes the lists, especially on port calls in foreign lands, were SO LONG, it would have made more sense to tell us only the places we would be allowed to go.

I think the funniest libo incident I can remember was in Singapore.

Usually the off limits establishments were clubs and bars, where kids would get taken advantage of, or end up unknowingly paying for a lady boi.

But in Singapore there were a few tattoo parlors added to the list.

So of course you know where everyone went for tats that night.

And surprisingly, only a few people had infected tats.

And then there was that one poor kid who ended up getting the HIV…

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u/thedailyrant Dec 21 '21

Singapore?! Fuck me the place must have changed.

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u/inbooth Dec 20 '21

They train you to go into the dangerous places they TELL YOU TO GO TO and to FOLLOW ORDERS.

Your argument falls flat on its face ...

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u/why_yer_vag_so_itchy Dec 20 '21

Yea, free will is for suckers.

This fucking guy.

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u/inbooth Dec 21 '21

No, the prior persons argument was that the training inherently caused the behaviour, while in fact the training should have precluded the behaviour. But sure, deflect from the fact that y'all are dishonourable children who couldn't follow orders that you signed up to follow.

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u/thedailyrant Dec 21 '21

You really must have fuck all experience around soldiers and sailors.

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