Pat Tillman, most famous veteran of Iraq/Afghanistan war is an atheist

Lt. Colonel Kauzlarich in a magazine interview about the family of the soldier Pat Tillman who was killed in Afghanistan by 'friendly fire' stated, There is not a whole lot of trust in the system or faith in the system [by the Tillmans]. So that is my personal opinion, knowing what I know." This was in regards to the lack of religious belief of the Tillmans. They are a family of nonbelievers, of atheists. Pat Tillman, the most famous killed veteran of the Iraq/Afghanistan campaigns was also an atheist, which was attested to by his brother Richard Tillman. That Tillman was an atheist is ironic because they are said not to exist in combat. I guess Pat Tillman didn’t get that memo. The point of Lt. Colonel Kauzlarich’s statement was that a family of atheists or non-theists could not accept the explanation as given by the US government that he was killed by the enemy because they have no heaven to look forward after death. So, nonbelief in an afterlife is more likely to produce individuals in certain circumstances who are not as willing to accept the line of the government when they are being obviously lied to? Maybe this is so, because atheism produces individuals who pride themselves on being freethinkers, to question authority. No set of doctrine handed out from above do they. Does Colonel Kauzlarich want a nation of lemmings who take marching orders from the government. We are not subservient to the government, the government is subservient to the people. We are citizens, not subjects. To question one’s government is the product of men and women like Susan B. Anthony, Cady Stanton, Frederick Douglas, Martin Luther King Jr, Horace Greeley among countless others. Not all these people were not atheists/non-theists of course but they all questioned their government. I wonder if Lt. Colonel Kauzlarich would condemn these individuals too. On a separate issue, there is an uproar over the case of the D.C. madam and her list of names of men who utilized her escort service. I think underage prostitution is a problem in America and in the world. Street prostitution is a problem because in part of the risk of STDs transmitted. But , when we as a society make criminal escort/brothel services we are ignore fundamental laws of nature. There is a big demand for prostitutes in society, and unless we want to be like Saudi Arabia we cannot ignore that fact. Legalize brothels/escorts while regulating them. Mandate condoms and regular testing for sexually transmitted diseases. Ensure everyone is over 18, because if we don’t then we have the far worse problem of street prostitution. Nations that do legalize these kind of prostitution see rates of disease virtually nill when compared to the rate of prostitution in the US.