Bill Federer, a lesser-known Religious Right “historian” in the vein of David Barton, was the guest on Gordon Klingenschmitt’s “Pray In Jesus Name” program today where he and “Dr. Chaps” discussed their concerns about what will happen to Christians in America if atheists take over the military.

“We ask ourselves,” Federer said, “will the people that are pushing [an anti-Christian agenda], once they get in charge of the guns, do we really expect them to be more tolerant than they are now? Or, will they be tempted to use their new powers to force their agenda?”

Federer went on to declare that recent history shows that leaders like Stalin, Pol Pot, and Mao had no hesitation about using their “atheistic military” to kill tens of millions of their own people.

“So we see that terrible things can happen when you get a military that no longer has a belief that every person is sacred because they’re made in the image of God,” Federer added, “it just becomes a tool to push an agenda. And so this is a concern a lot of people have.”