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DC this is not about my personal comfort. Or a fear that scouts within my troop will be at a disadvantage. We are a nondenominational mostly agnostic troop. with some multi faith in there, mostly Christian, islamc and Buddist. My fear is that some will use this new requirement as an evangelical green light for conversion. and that this will be abused to ostracize scouts that are in a minority faith than the rest of their troop. I am not complacent enough to just STFU and just follow along with this without thought or comment.

And I concor with stosh on his points as well

I cant say if they handled it correctly or not. maybe the best they could do with a bad situation. I would say something about how you perceive the election: My son has been in scouting since tigers AOL. Made first class after 14 calender months in the troop. First year at camp he earned 3 eagle required and wilderness survival. Second year (July 2014) he took wilderness survival because he thought it was a blast and didnt care he was only going to earn 3 merit badges out of a possible 6. So here we are a small 12 yo with some maturity issues. also a geek dungeons and dragons player. But he works hard at scouts always takes care of other scouts. will lend a cliff bar to a fellow scout if he has one and the other scout is hungry. I was like you OA will never happen or him at least not now. too immature too small too geeky not with the IN crowd. I was taking BSA guard at the time so during the elections I was in the water. I have no idea whats going on at camp. I get back to camp and the other adults are smiling at me like we got a secret but due to BSA guard all i can really do is eat and goto bed. Turns out he was elected i was shocked and surprised and a very proud dad. He did his ordeal in August. Funny thing is whenever i project my limitations onto him, to protect him and make sure he isnt setup for failure he tends to smash right through them without even trying. Dont underestimate the boys they'll surprise you

He was brought to trial for homosexuality. Aslo how he obtained the material for the anatomical drawings had to be hidden from the Church http://www.deism.com/davinci.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci

What about Pastafarians?

, Goddess, for the spell caster. The scout meditating on qi has no god per se

Stosh, your alliteration to the artist that does not show his work failed. then you shifted to character. DeVinci had to hide his work for being against the Church, as did Galileo both labeled as hereticsI assume that since where heretics they had faulty character. Can we for certain ensure that NO scout will be denied rank due to this question and that scouts differences of faith with the SM and or troop in general? Another question how does this make the program better?

If the scout says the following would you advance him?: "I cast a healing spell for the troop during the solstice" "I meditated on qi" "I had to sacrifice a lamb"

I guess any of these religions should be available for a scout to be reverent to. Including mathematics and Thor http://www.cem.va.gov/hmm/emblems.asp

But that is exactly what BSA is requiring us to do. ðŸ˜â€

Ohhh no 2 post where i totally agree with Stosh

KDD If the scout says "My relationship with god is not relevent the important thing is that I am at peace with myself" does he get advanced?

So we should also have a mandatory question about his finances?

Love this

HA patrol a.k.a. Venture Patrol; http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Venture_Patrol_Leader

Better said tahawk

There are several Cub Scout victorinox knives plus gerbers compact scout. The purpose is to teach knife safety. You are teaching future boy scouts. Not future wood carvers

The OP is concerned about this enough to make them think about it. Do nothing isn't an option at this point. I don't think you can see a wrong and just say not my problem you should at least call the council and express your concern.

So I guess it's me alone thinking that this is a mistake and will ostrify scouts and the rest are fully on board.

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Why do I think that those you are not opposed to this and see it as not a big deal are not in a religious minority? Therefore not a problem for them. Will agnostic scouts be denied rank? This is a terrible idea. Again what problem does this solve?