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Should Fort Bragg Hold an Atheist Concert?
Rock Beyond Belief, an atheism-themed event scheduled to be held at Fort Bragg March 31, is generating national buzz.
"Rock Beyond Belief", an atheism-themed concert event scheduled to be held at Fort Bragg March 31, is generating buzz across the nation.
According to the Washington Post, the event is the brainchild of Sgt. Justin Griffith, an atheist soldier stationed at Fort Bragg. Griffith felt that 2010's Christian "Rock the Fort" concert, organized by the Billy Graham Evangelical Association, was overtly sectarian and left people of different faiths and no faith out in the cold.
With the help of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Griffith organized Rock Beyond Belief as a venue for secular soldiers. Originally scheduled for 2011, Rock Beyond Belief ran into troubles. Although Fort Bragg leadership had previously stated, in response to MRFF complaints about Rock the Fort, that it would provide the same level of support for any other group, Rock Beyond Belief originally found itself relegated to an indoor facility "that could only hold a few hundred people in separate rooms – a broom closet compared to the expansive venue apportioned to Rock the Fort," according to the Post.
Griffith resubmitted his request and was approved to use Bragg's expansive Main Post Parade Field for the event. Scheduled speakers include evolutionary scientist Richard Dawkins, an outspoken member of the New Atheism movement and author of the bestselling book The God Delusion.
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