Army faces queries on ‘spiritual fitness’ test
The army is facing questions over a "spiritual fitness" portion of a
mandatory questionnaire, with some atheists calling it "invidious and
not inclusive" of soldiers who are nonbelievers.
The
Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation learned in December
that soldiers were being asked to respond to statements such as "I am a
spiritual person" and "I believe there is a purpose for my life."
If
soldiers received a low score on their spiritual fitness questions,
they received an assessment that said "spiritual fitness is an area of
possible difficulty for you. . . . Improving your spiritual fitness
should be an important goal."
