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philsov posted...

I had my meetings in both an elementary school gym and a volunteer fire dept. I'm an eagle scout and was a summer camp counselor for 5 years.

The BSA has backpedaled to allow "god" to mean "any sort of higher power". The official statement is "Its policy is that the home and organization or group with which the member is connected shall give definite attention to religious life.

https://www.scouting.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/RT-HT-Reverent.pdf

So, yes, it's wholly possible for a church-based troop to be religious AF (especially the LDS's) but secular scouting is also totally a thing, with adult leadership who attends church less than twice a year.

Eagle Scout here as well. Yeah our Cub Scout troop met at our vol fire dept too. Boy Scout meetings were always at church. I agree most troops aren't overly religious but still, the overall organization is religion based. Wasn't aware of that backpeddling though.