Too many *-isms and religious lies, seminaries, blasphemies and those that are not called to the truth

There are both gnostics and agnostics as well and there is no good way to codify or classify their particular beliefs respecting any establishment of religion — in pursuance of the Constitution of the United States of America.

Theism | Beliefs, Definition & Types | Britannica

Theism, the view that all limited or finite things are dependent in some way on one supreme or ultimate reality of which one may also speak in personal terms. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, this ultimate reality is often called God. This article explores approaches to theism in Western theology and philosophy

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Deism | Definition, History, Beliefs, Significance, & Facts | Britannica

Deism, an unorthodox religious attitude that found expression among a group of English writers in the 17th and 18th centuries. It accepted religious knowledge that is inborn in every person and can be acquired by reason and rejected such knowledge that is acquired through revelation or the teaching of a church.

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Deism and The Founders

During the Revolutionary and Founding eras many Americans increasingly abandoned traditional Christianity, embracing beliefs that could be described as either Unitarian or Deist. Many of these converts publicly maintained their original religious affiliations, attempting to …

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If you want to talk to people about your religious beliefs, it would seem best to hold informal Bible study groups and such in the Armed Forces, but do not carry any peculiar religious books or articles which would serve to identify you or call you out for your peculiar beliefs or hometown congregation interpretations with any great particularity or single you out or betray you to the enemy.

Neither the U.S. Army (for example) nor anything that is permitted in it is “worldly” in any regard of uniformity or rejection of certain expressions of individualism — it is merely a crowd to blend in for safety in numbers against enemy fire.

It would also seem best to avoid official chaplaincies as much as possible except for such necessary services as weddings, baptisms, funerals, confirmation and of course the usual Sunday services such as may be performed respectfully and in good order. There should not be more asked of church attendance but to sit down and be quiet. Same with volunteering. Sweep floors or wash dishes or something and don't ask any more of volunteers than whatever task is necessary, appropriate and in good order to check off the list. Perhaps some nominal dues to pay for building upkeep or importuned ministers but there isn't a lot money available in the Armed Forces for general tithing if you have a brother or sister in need.

There is at the same time an excess of pseudo-religious philosophical claptrap floating around with a strong Marxist ring to it, which is clearly out of order and must be avoided.

For much of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, there have been situations where aggressive homosexual men were welcomed into the formal service of the armed forces, while the straight men who refused to “bend over” for them were not — with respect to lawful orders versus unlawful orders and male-on-male sexual assaults.