Let's try something.
The five nations held that there was an opposite to killing and it was gifting. If you felt guilt for someone's death you gifted to their family, to the community. The best gift being a replacement for the dead family member. Thus, warriors felt compelled and incentivized by martial virtue and honor as well as material prosperity to capture rather than kill their enemies. There was all of the domestic morbidity of the day to cover for as well. A captured enemy inherited the name, titles, possessions, and duties of the deceased. The other option was being boiled alive as a gift to the gods.
Is that "bad" spirituality? Were they not doing it right? How, exactly?
The five nations held that there was an opposite to killing and it was gifting. If you felt guilt for someone's death you gifted to their family, to the community. The best gift being a replacement for the dead family member. Thus, warriors felt compelled and incentivized by martial virtue and honor as well as material prosperity to capture rather than kill their enemies. There was all of the domestic morbidity of the day to cover for as well. A captured enemy inherited the name, titles, possessions, and duties of the deceased. The other option was being boiled alive as a gift to the gods.
Is that "bad" spirituality? Were they not doing it right? How, exactly?
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!
