Veterans Day. Originally Armistice Day, until a few more wars had passed and we realized what a farce the name actually was. So, as opposed to naming the day after peace, we name it in honor of the role of dead who went before to guard that peace.
It’s all very patriotic, only slightly less so than the Fourth of July, and close enough to election day for the politico to make one last stand in front of the big top. Generally it becomes very hard not to become jaded and sickened by the whole commercial ordeal of it all.
Here’s something to try though. Visit with some of the veterans. Hold a small intimate dinner for them and tell no one. Spend the time trying to draw out what experiences they will share. You faith will be re-inspired by the simple sacrifice of those men and women who did what they did for a cause they felt close to. I wonder in another 30 years what our veterans will be? Not to overly glorify the events of the first two “Great” Wars, but if nothing else, they had the most excellent forms of propaganda in those days. The country truly was unified, in a gross majority sense of the word. In this most recent fighting debacle, what will the veterans recount? The needless loss they felt?
But I didn’t set out to, yet again, discuses the absurdities of the current war. But instead to take the holiday to highlight the enormous, un-American spirit that has gripped the country. Also to, perhaps, bring you all some shocking truth.
America is a Christian Nation. It was founded by Christian thinkers, based on Christian morality, and governed for a long while adhering to Christian precepts. Only recent has the perversion of the separation of church and state become the mantra for “freedumb” lovers coast to coast. Here’s a great example: You know ole George W? No, no that one… the Good One. George Washington, Gen. His first official act ad the first president of the country was to not only post a national day of “thanksgiving and prayer” but to also proclaim, “It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.” A God fearin’ man if ever there was one.
Now don’t let the maniacal ravings of the most recent George put you off the idea of a Christian Nation. The man is a loon, which only means that we should adhere all the more strongly to what the founding fathers laid out.
This is a Christian nation. The separation of church and state is meant to protect the CHURCH, not the other way around. The country still should be based on Christian morality. Don’t like it? Move for heavens sake! For too long Americans have thought that it is an inalienable right to get what ever they damn well want at any time. Well princess, it’s not. And I’m not saying that I agree 100% with the morality of the country, but the fact is that is how it was designed. So, either admit that you are vying for a change, or take things how they are. But for heavens sake, don’t twist around the ideas that were laid down in good faith to serve the secular! You’re just confusing everyone! And they aren’t that smart to start with!
I’ll leave with a quote from Tommy Jefferson: “Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.”
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