RE: Dying Well
April 7, 2024 at 2:20 am
(This post was last modified: April 7, 2024 at 2:26 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(April 6, 2024 at 11:37 pm)Jamie Boy Wrote: I wonder if religious dogma might actually limit a person's ability to live well. After the affairs of this life are all said and done, eternity awaits, right? So, the flicker of time one spends on this side of death cannot possibly carry much significance.
Well, that's one thing....and it's tragic but not the worst that religious dogma can do. Religious dogma can also prevent a person from living or dying well even when it takes more effort to do poorly. Even when...especially when, it seems significant.
I find hate exhausting. Uncontrollable...and exhausting, for example.
For me, that's the real sin (and real danger) of abrahamism. Not the usual in your face shit - but the fucked up subtle shit that makes otherwise decent people go out of their way to shit on the next guy even if it fucks them in the process.
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!
