How the devil do you get a Satanist in the Navy?

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The Times
By Michael Evans, Defence Editor

A ROYAL Navy frigate commander who agreed to let a member of his crew practise Satanism on board the ship yesterday won the full support of the Ministry of Defence.

Captain Russell Best, commanding officer of HMS Cumberland, a Type 22 frigate, officially recognised Leading Hand Chris Cranmer, 24, as a Devil-worshipping member of his complement after full consultation with the ship’s chaplain, the MoD said.

It is the first instance of its kind in the history of the Royal Navy. The naval technician, who has recently returned with his ship from a tour of duty in the Gulf and the Indian Ocean, has been allowed to perform Satanic rituals and other acts that conform to the creed of Satanism.

The MoD said that Captain Best was entirely within his rights to concede to his request to be registered as a Satanist. “There is nothing in the Queen’s Regulations that forbids practising Satanism and people are entitled to their own religious beliefs,” it said.

More:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-1327068,00.html

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1. BBC says: Navy approves first ever Satanist. First?????

Mr Cranmer said that was when he stumbled across a copy of the Satanic Bible, written by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey.

He said: "I then read more and more and came to realise I'd always been a Satanist, just simply never knew."

A spokesman for the Royal Navy said: "We are an equal opportunities employer and we don't stop anybody from having their own religious values." ..........

Followers live by the Nine Satanic Statements, which include "Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence", "Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek" and "Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3948329.stm

Wonder if his ship is on Iraq duty...

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2. I don't know but there was at least one or two Navy bases

that were total hell to visit.

GITMO was one and Mayport was the other.

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3. Rum, sodomy, and the lash! n/t

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4. Duplicate topic

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=928371