RE: Considering atheism [Currently Christian]
July 8, 2017 at 3:32 pm
(This post was last modified: July 8, 2017 at 3:35 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Wish there were a few billion more of deidre and a few billion less frothy believers. 
While I've never been a believer, the faithful disappoint me in their beliefs, in their lack of respect for themselves, others, -or- their beliefs and the stories around which they are formed. The subject is obviously meaningful regardless of whether or not any of it is true in the sense that some given believer thinks it is. With such a depth and breadth and quality of tradition to be had....why we get the gay haters and the dominionists and the door to door assholes positively confounds me.
While I've never been a believer, the faithful disappoint me in their beliefs, in their lack of respect for themselves, others, -or- their beliefs and the stories around which they are formed. The subject is obviously meaningful regardless of whether or not any of it is true in the sense that some given believer thinks it is. With such a depth and breadth and quality of tradition to be had....why we get the gay haters and the dominionists and the door to door assholes positively confounds me.
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!
