Religion
In reply to the discussion: New Religions: (1) the United Church of Bacon [View all]Yorktown
(2,884 posts)John Whiteside, Founder, Bacon Prophet
John grew up in Alabama and Mississippi in the 1960s, where witnessing civil rights violations inspired him to fight for minority rights. In 1971 he joined the Marine Corps and graduated at the top of his class in fighter jets as a Marine. After completing his active duty obligations, he spent 25 years flying for major international airlines, starting at Eastern, and retiring as a captain for United. He transported more than one million passengers safely to their destinations. In 1991, John was recalled to active duty, flew 52 missions as an F-16 fighter pilot in Operation Desert Storm, and was awarded six air medals, including the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in combat.
John is an advisory board member of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and received their 2011 Thomas Jefferson Award. Since retirement John travels internationally, reads, and observes people all over the world.
He is the founder of the United Church of Bacon, which began as a concept among a group of friends at Penn Jillettes house in Las Vegas in 2010, and became active when John began recruitment at TAM in 2012. The skeptics church has a serious intent, to fight religious discrimination against non-believers, to promote church-state separation, and to demand equal rights for everyone, regardless of faith. He is an Advisory Board member of the Secular Policy Institute.
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