RE: Being atheist in the Bible Belt
January 3, 2017 at 2:51 pm
(This post was last modified: January 3, 2017 at 2:54 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
That is how they tell it? I mentioned in my last post hat the southern baptists membership was declining, I simply pointed out a simultaneous increase in affiliated churches. Religious economy theory offers an explanation for why the numbers of members might decline that also accounts for the increase in affiliated churches. People are still paying for the goods and services, just not from the same providers. They, personally(as consumers), do not see the need to affiliate but to the providers affiliation is marketing.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
