-and very much wanting our family to be part of the magaverse. The kind of people satan would attack, in their estimation. To be fair, the whole mundane issues as satanic attacks thing is a recent flash in the christian nationalist pan. Dial the clock back ten years and any of them would have quickly and without any thought to other externalities told me I needed a plumber...rather than a priest - but they've long believed in the personification of evil.
I think that evil, as perceived or as it is, is even more uncomfortable for our minds when we entertain the idea that no one is actually behind it. If no one is behind it it can't be gamed or bargained with or defeated. No magic words, no holy relics...not even a god...could stop it. It's natural to us, if it's not a devil it's a shadowy cabal. As bad as the world those sorts of views describe sound, it might be useful to consider that those worlds are actually better than the alternative..even if, especially when, the alternative is factual.
I think that evil, as perceived or as it is, is even more uncomfortable for our minds when we entertain the idea that no one is actually behind it. If no one is behind it it can't be gamed or bargained with or defeated. No magic words, no holy relics...not even a god...could stop it. It's natural to us, if it's not a devil it's a shadowy cabal. As bad as the world those sorts of views describe sound, it might be useful to consider that those worlds are actually better than the alternative..even if, especially when, the alternative is factual.
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!
