RE: The justice and mercy of God
December 22, 2011 at 11:38 am
(This post was last modified: December 22, 2011 at 11:41 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Sometimes we lie in service of a good notion. Unfortunately those lies create a massive potential for misdeed that can be argued to be in service of the same. GC probably has the best of intentions. He obviously has a mountain of excuses that allow him to extract some good from a narrative which is frankly abhorrent (even though he clearly suffers from considerable difficulty in trying to express it). It's easy to assume our intentions might have some effect on the under-laying reality of our beliefs, that because our interpretation of some holy text can lead to good, and good is the supposed purpose of the text, our interpretation must be the "true interpretation" -"For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction"...hehehe
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!
