RE: Question about "faith"
September 17, 2020 at 1:29 pm
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2020 at 1:31 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
LOL< right? That's where people go wrong when they get frustrated by this stuff, in my experience. They think that they're dealing with the kind of proposition that we all experience about everything in our day to day lives...and sometimes, performative christians with little to no faith in mere reality assure us that this is so for reasons that could probably only be understood by them.
Once you realize that they're not, that this isn't that kind of situation, and if you have a christian with so much as the most rudimentary ability for introspection rather than the dogmatic recital of terms of art, you can learn all kinds of cool shit about faith and how it plays out for people. It's not an argument over any piece of trivia, which is why arguments over the facts of such matters don't touch faith.
Once you realize that they're not, that this isn't that kind of situation, and if you have a christian with so much as the most rudimentary ability for introspection rather than the dogmatic recital of terms of art, you can learn all kinds of cool shit about faith and how it plays out for people. It's not an argument over any piece of trivia, which is why arguments over the facts of such matters don't touch faith.
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!
