(LA Times) This man wants to be the Navy's first humanist chaplain

Jason Heap grew up in Texas among Baptists and Lutherans. He earned a master’s from Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University.

Now, at age 38, Heap wants to be a U.S. Navy chaplain. But Heap is a humanist who doesn’t believe in God, and the U.S. military has never sanctioned a humanist chaplain. Nor has the Navy acted on Heap’s application, filed last month, to become its first approved humanist chaplain.

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2 comments on “(LA Times) This man wants to be the Navy's first humanist chaplain

  1. Militaris Artifex says:

    What is Heap’s objection to finding a real job?

    [i]Pax et bonum[/i],
    Keith Töpfer, LCDR, USN [ret.]

  2. Cennydd13 says:

    Pardon me while I make a mad dash to the nearest toilet bowl.