toldailytopic: Memorial Day: why is it special to you?
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I have never lost a family member in a war although many have served this country. I loved the Patton quote where he said something to the effect that it is not your job to die for this country but rather to make sure the other bastard dies for theirs.
It is special because it reminds me of how good America used to be, not wicked and evil. And Americans would die to defend it, and others who wished to be free.
I have never lost a family member in a war although many have served this country. I loved the Patton quote where he said something to the effect that it is not your job to die for this country but rather to make sure the other bastard dies for theirs.
It is special because it reminds me of how good America used to be, not wicked and evil. And Americans would die to defend it, and others who wished to be free.
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Ps82 KJV You will die like mere men, you will fall like one of the princes, but who is it that is not a man that dies like a man?
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May 25th, 2012, 10:24 PM
It has become a personal thing for me. My Father-in-law, who passed away a little over a year ago, was a World War II veteran and suffered burns and the loss of his leg, my husband served in Korea, and a number of my friends either lost their lives or were injured in the Vietnam war. I remember the sacrifice of these and all the other men who have served our country.
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Ecclesiastes 1:9 ---
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
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May 26th, 2012, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Bright Raven
Memorial Day is a reminder that freedom is not free. It comes at a very high price.
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Ecclesiastes 1:9 ---
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
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May 26th, 2012, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick M
It is special because it reminds me of how good America used to be, not wicked and evil. And Americans would die to defend it, and others who wished to be free.
It's important that we remember and understand that freedom requires sacrifice, and vigilance. It requires not only the sacrifice of establishing and defending our right to live as free human beings, but it also requires that we sacrifice our desire to control and oppress our fellow human beings. Being free isn't just about us, and what we believe, and what we think is good and right. It's about allowing other people to decide for themselves what is good and right, and to live accordingly, even when we don't agree with their choices or their lifestyle.
Once again this holiday we'll see Christians all over America mooning over the heroic soldiers who have sacrificed their lives to establish, protect, and defend our freedom. And yet all the while they will actively seek to destroy the fundamental governing processes of the nation they profess to love so much as they struggle to deny the very freedom they pretend to value, for their fellow citizens.
It's easy to spout off platitudes about freedom, equality, justice, and sacrifice. But for many modern American Christians, it's just a bunch of pretty words and phony idealism. In actual fact they abhor the freedom of others and are actively seeking to undermine it and put a stop to it. They have determined that their own moral imperatives are more important than the freedom of any fellow citizen who dares to disagree with them.
It has become a personal thing for me. My Father-in-law, who passed away a little over a year ago, was a World War II veteran and suffered burns and the loss of his leg, my husband served in Korea, and a number of my friends either lost their lives or were injured in the Vietnam war. I remember the sacrifice of these and all the other men who have served our country.
why are such memorials to war dead special to me? they are not.
war is sin, the motivation for it is patriotism which is almost always idolatry. worse than that memorial days are blasphemous as they liken the death of someone in what boils down to a gang war to the death of Christ.
any freedom which can be defended by force of arms, or lost if the arms fail, is not freedom in christ. we will discover this when are we are being martyred imprisoned and massacred during the Great Tribulation and are still free in christ
Memorial day is special because it is reminder of those who fought and gave their lives so that ungrateful malcontents like this have the freedom to express their distasteful views.
I have never lost a family member in a war although many have served this country. I loved the Patton quote where he said something to the effect that it is not your job to die for this country but rather to make sure the other bastard dies for theirs.
have the freedom to express their distasteful views.
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