Short post on the British Rationalist Association webpage from an atheist British solider serving in Afghan. It describes the memorial that is held before a comrade's body is shipped back to be repatriated.

I found it pretty emotive, especially as I know a few guys over there who are also atheists. It gives a small insight as to what some of them might be thinking, especially the ending paragraph.

http://rationalist.org.uk/articles/2684/last-post

Thanks for this.

That fellow is one heckuva writer.

It annoyed me today at our units remembrance service all the jesus said this and jesus said that. I am all for remembering the fallen but keep religion out of it.

(November 11, 2013 at 4:56 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: It annoyed me today at our units remembrance service all the jesus said this and jesus said that. I am all for remembering the fallen but keep religion out of it.

That's why I prefer to avoid veteran's memorial ceremonies as much as possible. The Godbots can't help but inject God and Jesus into everything, especially in this part of the country. That's all I need to be reminded that, even though I'm a military veteran, I'm still a second-class citizen.