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From my research, it appears that both the Tillman brothers apparently harbored and expressed secular progressivist ideas and seditious thoughts opposing our war effort in Iraq even before the firefight in which Pat Tillman died. Not that I believe in any crackbrained conspiracy theories about his own men shooting at him because of it. However, while it was unquestionably admirable for Pat Tillman to give up his lucrative NFL career to fight terrorism, right thinking Americans might be better served that Pat Tillman is not, as I am sure he would be, now travelling around the country along with his brother, bad mouthing our national leadership and squandering the credibility he earned by his undeniably good initial motivations. In retrospect it’s sad to see that his values were never really where they should have been.

From my research, it appears that both the Tillman brothers apparently harbored and expressed secular progressivist ideas and seditious thoughts opposing our war effort in Iraq...

So many people forget this. Pat Tillman was, and his family currently ARE secular progressives. Nobody around here should be surprised at his family's behavior. They're just another example of American secularism.

We can still honor Pat for giving up his NFL career to join the Army, but we can be reasonably sure that he didn't do it with the expectation that he would be killed and sent off into "oblivion" or whatever it is that atheists believe.

Unless he accepted Christ before his death, I would say this situation is utterly tragic all the way around.