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RE: A Believer's Thoughts on Faith
July 7, 2022 at 6:07 pm
So, not for other things, just this thing?
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RE: A Believer's Thoughts on Faith
July 7, 2022 at 7:22 pm
(July 7, 2022 at 6:07 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: So, not for other things, just this thing?
Specifics?
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RE: A Believer's Thoughts on Faith
July 7, 2022 at 7:29 pm
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A few come to mind top of head. Racism is lasting. If our views are tenacious, does that mean that they're worthy or true - aside from specific gods..... where it does?
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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RE: A Believer's Thoughts on Faith
July 7, 2022 at 9:14 pm
(July 7, 2022 at 7:29 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: A few come to mind top of head. Racism is lasting. If our views are tenacious, does that mean that they're worthy or true - aside from specific gods..... where it does?
A value judgment. Religion is bad; so is racism.
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RE: A Believer's Thoughts on Faith
July 7, 2022 at 9:22 pm
Maybe, but bad and false aren't the same thing. Is racism more likely to be true because it's been lasting?
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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RE: A Believer's Thoughts on Faith
July 7, 2022 at 10:00 pm
I consider both to bad and false.
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RE: A Believer's Thoughts on Faith
July 9, 2022 at 8:32 am
What's the average lifespan of a major religion anyway? Doesn't Hinduism beat out all the others for longevity?
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RE: A Believer's Thoughts on Faith
July 9, 2022 at 12:10 pm
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That would depend entirely on how we define a religion for the purposes of the question, especially so with hinduism. Some parts of it are older than all the monotheistic (and monomythic) faiths, some about the same, some younger. Do we require continuity and fidelity? Most current faiths would have issues with either - but if we allow for beliefs to flare up and die back and change repeatedly then bog standard paganism is the oldest religion on earth (and the fastest growing in the us...lol).
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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RE: A Believer's Thoughts on Faith
July 9, 2022 at 3:43 pm
It's kind of like that hidden island of sexy women off the eastern coast of Brazil.
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