How pathetic!!! As if religion wasn't bad enough in and of itself, it becomes even more pathetic when mixed with militarism. There is no difference in the USA mixing its militarism with Christianity and Islam with terrorism. (Actually, our military action in the last 50+ years is nothing short of state-sponsered terrorism). No American military personnel has died for OUR freedom since the end of WW II. All such deaths have been as an aggressor and has been in vain. A stupid way to spend the only life you get.
Damn, you are one disrespectful little shit. Worm sperm. There is a huge difference in the hearts of the politicians doing the sending and the soldiers doing the dying. To call a soldier stupid for fighting and dying for what they think is in the best interest of their family and country is utterly moronic. To make the ultimate sacrifice takes more guts than anything you or I have ever done I can promise you that. That is the most noble thing any human being can do. I just don't understand some of you worthless fucks out there. HOOYAH! OOH RAH! HOOAH!
I agree. All the more reason that such noble acts should not be squandered. I understand that you love your country, and you should. However, GWB is not a worthy president for whom I would lay down my life (if I were American) because of his say-so. He sent innocent men and women needlessly to fight a bogus war (Iraq, not Afghanistan) and then did not outfit them sufficiently to protect themselves, preferring instead to play "trickle-down" economics with tax cuts at the same time. Unfortunately, sufficient body and vehicle armor did not quite trickle down to all of the brave men and women who needed it. Your country deserves a better president than someone who doesn't value your life.
What a shame. All those troops that died since Korea up until now were all in vain. How stupid of them, right? Just let those planes keep on crashing into our buildings, let them keep ramming our ships, let them saw off more heads. I finally see the light. How stupid of me all these years... Thanks Reaver. You're right on!
'Planes crashing into our buildings': we cause 50 9/11 events EVERY year. Approx. 2,300 people died in 9/11: our military is responsible for 5 MILLION deaths since 1950. We are the world's largest arms producuer and arm exporter which increases our guilt even more. Quit crying that the arms we exported are now being used against us. 'Ramming our ships': what the fuck are our ships doing in the Mediterranian Sea?!?!? How many Russian & Chinnese ships do WE allow in the Gulf of Mexico? Our militarism is bankrupting our economy and our 'soul' (figurative; not the kind that doesn't live after you die). As far as Reaver trying to justify the choice of service personnel by blaming it on our 'leadership': this is the exact same excuse given by war criminals at Nuremburg. The devil..er..I mean...gov't made me do it!!! There comes a point in all lives in which you must decide if you will do what's RIGHT or what's popular. A time when you decide whether to follow 'leaders' (who profit by war-mongering) by participating in pointless, criminal wars or taking the MORAL ground and saying 'fuck you'. I feel bad that many people have chosen the way of war: for our soldiers and their victims. I wish they hadn't died and I'm sorry that their deaths were in vain. Ask any parent, sibling, wife, or child of a causality from wars we waged in Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, on & on if THEY think the death of their loved one was worth it.
If you live in the USA, you should thank the US Military for your freedom. Yes, the US Military honors God as they get to "meet him" more than the average person due to war... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLClFTWSmmk
The video at about 1:29 is absolutely beautiful! No such thing as God to CREATE such beauty for HIS children to enjoy? Some of you smoke some very strange crack if you do not belive God created the Heaven and Earth, sending his only begotten Son here to DIE for our sins so that we may live in Heaven if we believe...
why only if we believe? why not if we do good works by helping the poor? The notion that faith in Christ is to be rewarded by an eternity of bliss, while a dependence upon reason, observation and experience merits everlasting pain, is too absurd for refutation, and can be relieved only by that unhappy mixture of insanity and ignorance, called "faith." -- Robert Green Ingersoll
So, no pain no gain? Since when does an attack on God cure insanity? This is what happens when you eat of the tree of the knowledge of Bible and body-building. Why create what is perfect [Heaven] and its opposite [Earth] if the plan is to...oh! You plan to bring your barbells to Heaven? But what should we do about the Earth, since you and your Total Gym will be in Heaven? Let it pass away? Wait! Let's make another Heaven and make another Earth into Heaven's basement, where you can keep your Bow Flex for regular atoning! You could even keep some footstools for Step Aerobics. After all, no pain no gain! Then will Heaven be perfect? Jesus
Well, well, isn't that amazing! My post of young Marines being baptized on youtube was removed. Isn't this a religion thread? Looks like someone with Mod powers REMOVED my link. This thread needs to be moved to the RELIGION and POLITICS section!!!! Here it is again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouq_5KM2Xw4 I'm sickened by the fact that free speech is all good to go when people want to bash Christians. It's when a Christian puts a link to young Marine HEROES being Baptized before going to War that a Mod here decides to remove it, but keep all the other evil, sick posts. I'm pissed off , BUT will be praying for the lost in this entire thread at the same time... Last, Semper Fi to any Marines here!