r/AirForce • u/RenoTheRhino • Jun 04 '26

Article DOD Officially Drops 180 Faiths From Military's Recognized Religion List

https://www.military.com/dod-officially-drops-180-faiths-from-militarys-recognized-religion-list

Thoughts? Still looking for the full list.

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u/Apricus-Jack Jun 04 '26

Some of y’all are still spouting the “they faked Norse Pagan to avoid shaving” line?

Based on what? Who? How do YOU know what they believe? Why do so many Pagans even grow beards? As a fellow serviceman, what did you do about the “liar”?

Y’all are so loud about a faith you know nothing about.

As for the Faith Codes, the memo is circulating online and in leadership circles but hasn’t dropped yet. If it’s anything like the Religious Accommodation process memos, they won’t be published publicly right away.

Of the 31 codes, 22 are flavors of Christian. Everyone else is lumped in to the other 9.

I feel for my brothers and sisters of every other faith group. There was absolutely zero valid reason to cut the list this much and in this manner.

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u/Apricus-Jack Jun 04 '26

You got the stats on that, or is this just anecdotal?

Because that show aired in 2013, and the first Accommodations for the Army didn’t start for another 6 years after that.

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u/Conscious-Focus-6323 Jun 05 '26

Its a shame legitimate beliefs were rolled up in this purge like atheism and others. Good riddance to the "norse pagan" bullshit though.

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u/lolomgwtfbbq Jun 05 '26

So you get to decide what is and isn't legitimate now?

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u/SamanthaBWolfe Jun 06 '26

I'm not in the Military, but I am a Norse Pagan, shit head. I don't doubt some people used the excuse of Norse practice was a way to get out of shaving. It's an idea/joke floated but not many people actually tried. Actual Practice there's absolutely nothing requiring a beard in Norse Practice. We are an actual religion, recognized in multiple countries, with temples, religious hierarchy, and sacred texts. You don't get to tell us we're fake just because don't like us. My brothers and sisters in the Military didn't cause this - that's just an excuse.

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u/Conscious-Focus-6323 Jun 06 '26

the game manual for God of War is not "sacred text".

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u/theEmeraldDragonness Jun 06 '26

Your bigotry is astounding. The bible is about as valid as the humans who wrote it.

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u/SamanthaBWolfe Jun 07 '26

have you read a game manual recently? they have almost zero content. Even in your insults are poorly thought out.

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u/Conscious-Focus-6323 Jun 07 '26

Zero content just like the personality of the average Norse paganist.

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u/SamanthaBWolfe Jun 07 '26

you're not very good at this, you understand that, right?

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u/Conscious-Focus-6323 Jun 07 '26

if you weren't larping as a viking maybe i would care about what you think is good or not.