It probably helps to remember that the largest christian demo here is cultural or nominal. Christian only in name. So, if Hirsi is a nominal christian, a person who believes in cultural or political christianism..but not necessarily christ or the miracles or the magic book or whatever - then that would make her completely unremarkable as a christian. It's also pretty common for people who leave their religions in disgust to flirt with atheism for awhile before finding some other similar religion they believe lacks all the nasty shit of the one they left.
She may be in the latter set, but all she wrote about was the first.
She may be in the latter set, but all she wrote about was the first.
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!
