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Originally Posted by Brian
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Originally Posted by rayh
You do realise the military has non-christian chaplains?
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Why are they funding chaplains, at all? The could be Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or Buddhist. Why the federal funding?
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From the previous cite - In 1999,
Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff, a US chaplain, proposed widening the chaplain's role to include that of engagement with local religious leaders in conflict zones to improve the military's understanding of local religious issues and include chaplains in the conflict prevention and reconciliation processes.[10] This outreach is part of the duties listed for chaplains in Joint Publication 1-05 on chaplain operations