WHY would any self-respecting young atheist want to join an organisation originally launched by a devious, authoritarian imperialist, and racist to boot?
Furthermore, Lord Baden-Powell detested atheists, intellectuals, and socialists, and suggested a bonding of the Boys Scouts with the Hitler Youth Movement.
We ask the question because the Boy Scouts were in the news again [...]
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