RE: Insulting & attacking belief doesn't work.
March 31, 2012 at 2:10 pm
(This post was last modified: March 31, 2012 at 2:22 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I did, actually, it was an early deal breaker to be honest, but we made it past all that. It doesn't grind my gears when people "think uncritically", we all do that. It's the whole blood atonement and scapegoating routine that to me, is pure unadultered evil. It's an irreconcilable difference (for me). As far as my wife goes, I've never been the type that could choose those that I love, and I've loved (and continue to love) people that would probably curdle your blood. She doesn't rank up there with the worst of the worst, but I wouldn't blow smoke up anyone's ass and call her a saint either.
(keep in mind that I have physically been present when people have been scapegoated for less and far more brutally than anything offered in the christ narrative, it makes me feel like a piece of shit just for having been associated with people who would do this, or even attribute it to some mechanism of the fucking cosmos, "piece of shit" as in "no will to live". If that's the best we have to offer, if that's "virtue", well, count me the fuck out. It may seem like a silly fable to some, a terrible mis-step in critical thinking, but I've seen this belief (this urge, this desire, this willingness) expressed in action. It is not harmless, it is not provincial, it is not just an old fable. It's very much alive and well.)
(keep in mind that I have physically been present when people have been scapegoated for less and far more brutally than anything offered in the christ narrative, it makes me feel like a piece of shit just for having been associated with people who would do this, or even attribute it to some mechanism of the fucking cosmos, "piece of shit" as in "no will to live". If that's the best we have to offer, if that's "virtue", well, count me the fuck out. It may seem like a silly fable to some, a terrible mis-step in critical thinking, but I've seen this belief (this urge, this desire, this willingness) expressed in action. It is not harmless, it is not provincial, it is not just an old fable. It's very much alive and well.)
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!
