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Uprooting believers.
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But not too many more....ah, words why do you bring me such joy!
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!
 ChadWooters Wrote:Agreed. If they got it from the bible, like our Founding Fathers did, we would be much better off. As far as I'm concerned, the founding fathers were all Deists and were heavily against Christianity. "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
 (April 4, 2013 at 8:41 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: As far as I'm concerned, the founding fathers were all Deists and were heavily against Christianity.The most prominent ones yes. But those were not the majority of assembly, or so I understand. My history is a bit rusty, so I won't argue the point any further than that. (April 4, 2013 at 10:35 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(April 4, 2013 at 8:41 pm)FallentoReason Wrote: As far as I'm concerned, the founding fathers were all Deists and were heavily against Christianity.The most prominent ones yes. But those were not the majority of assembly, or so I understand. My history is a bit rusty, so I won't argue the point any further than that. I don't mean to sound ignorant, but I'm not American, so I have little interest in that particular patch of history. I think we might both be right to an extent though. "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
RE: Uprooting believers.
April 4, 2013 at 11:04 pm
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2013 at 11:05 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Some prominent founders were vocal deists (I believe by some, the number would be 1..though we sort of interpret a few others as being so), many were christians of one stripe or another (more accurately one stripe-protestant).
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!
(April 4, 2013 at 11:04 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Some prominent founders were vocal deists (I believe by some, the number would be 1..though we sort of interpret a few others as being so), many were christians of one stripe or another (more accurately one stripe-protestant). What about the Declaration of Independence itself? Apparently not one mention of the Bible to be found. "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
RE: Uprooting believers.
April 4, 2013 at 11:28 pm
(This post was last modified: April 4, 2013 at 11:29 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
They had surprising moments of lucidity - for a bunch of protestants.
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!
I wonder why...
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
Why what? Why they had those moments of lucidity that our more modern protestants seem to lack, or why they tried to distance the new government from any particular religion?
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!
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