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Larrow203 karma
Personally, I am a deist and thus my belief in a non-intervening God allows me to stay a member. If you look at the current scout law "A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent, you'll notice the first and last points were added by the BSA after it came to America.
Reverence, in terms of religious belief, is not necessary to be a good scout and I don't believe it should bar membership.
Reverence as a concept not pertaining to religion is something I can stand behind.
Larrow88 karma
True, but it tends to be more of a religious concept, at least from my experience in scouting.
Larrow358 karma
Exactly.
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