Number of evangelical chaplains has increased in recent years despite majority of Australian defence force personnel not being religious
“It is almost inevitable that members with no religious affiliation will exceed three-quarters of the total ADF permanent force population by the end of this decade, driven by the newest and future recruits,” he wrote.“Principled stances on whether or not religious chaplains can provide adequate, unbiased wellbeing and pastoral care to nonreligious sailors, soldiers and aviators will become almost irrelevant when the numbers of religious chaplains available to Defence are inadequate,” he wrote.
The Rationalist Society of Australia’s president, Meredith Doig, said the group had raised concerns with government ministers about “a number of publicly expressed views of other Christian chaplains that we believe most Australians would consider unacceptable and incompatible with providing nonjudgmental care”.Doig points to a 2020 defence force remuneration tribunal decision on bringing in secular officers.
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