(March 12, 2012 at 10:33 am)ChadWooters Wrote: Heraclitus said,"For man sees good and evil. For God all things are good." Humans follow what they love and desire. For those that love God and their fellow human beings they are allowed to pursue that course. For those that love themselves they are also permitted to go their way. If you are allowed to do what you want to do, it matters little if you fate has been predetermined or if it results from an uninfluenced choice. For the evil, hell is their heaven.
From a Panentheistic point of view, God would be the complete and full self-awareness of the universe of which human consciousness would only reflect an insignificant portion thereof, i.e. we share with God the attribute of freedom.
I'll have the platitude platter, with a side of intentional obfuscation.
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!
