On Cultural Christianity:

I was raised in the bosom of Roman Catholicism. I went to a Catholic school and didn’t eat meat on Friday. I had First Communion and was Confirmed before I was seven years old. I watched John F Kennedy’s Latin Requiem High Mass on TV. I have nothing but respect for the Parish Priests whom I served as an Altar boy. No pedophiles in this group. I also believe that John the XXIII and John Paul II were true holy men and have a connection to God. After all this I wind up an infidel.

I just don’t buy the whole Jesus Myth. Maybe whole is the wrong word. Historical Jesus. Ok. I’m sure I have an ancestor from that time period but you try to find him. I have a big problem with the entire divinity thing, a lot of the miracles and the historical accuracy of the New Testament and the apocrypha. So what.

None of that is important to me. Here is what I accept. Jesus Christ is the single most important person since some unnamed australopithecine decided to see what meat tasted like. Ok, maybe the guy with the plow idea. Christ’s teachings, as compiled by his early followers produced a culture and a way of life that far surpassed any other.

Christianity is a way of life. What part of “love your neighbor as yourself”, don’t you get? You don’t have to believe in Jesus to live a Christian life with Christian values. So I am a Cultural Christian. I respect and adhere to the values taught by the Holy Mother Roman Catholic Church. At least the big ones. It’s ok to eat meat on Friday. Even in Lent.

Too many atheists are hell bent on destroying religion. They proselytize with the zeal of a Saracen hopped up on hashish. They get genuine pleasure with every court ruling perverting the First Amendment. They hate God. They hate the idea of God. They hate the comfort that religion gives to people of faith. They hate our culture. They hate Christmas. I think it is time that we as Americans update our ideas to the twenty first century. We need to recognize the superiority of and even enshrine our Christian Culture. All of our holidays are based on religious Christianity because the idea of holidays (Holy Days) is Christian in origin. Our laws are based on the Ten Commandments. The establishment clause of the First amendment does not prohibit the establishment of Christian culture as American culture. They are indistinguishable.

"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Jesus Christ 28 A.D.

A Navy SEAL sacrificed his life to save his comrades by throwing himself on top of a grenade Iraqi insurgents tossed into their sniper hideout, fellow members of the elite force said.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor had been near the only door to the rooftop structure Sept. 29 when the grenade hit him in the chest and bounced to the floor, said four SEALs who spoke to The Associated Press this week on condition of anonymity because their work requires their identities to remain secret.

"He never took his eye off the grenade, his only movement was down toward it," said a 28-year-old lieutenant who sustained shrapnel wounds to both legs that day. "He undoubtedly saved mine and the other SEALs' lives, and we owe him."

Monsoor, a 25-year-old gunner, was killed in the explosion in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. He was only the second SEAL to die in Iraq since the war began.

Two SEALs next to Monsoor were injured; another who was 10 to 15 feet from the blast was unhurt. The four had been working with Iraqi soldiers providing sniper security while U.S. and Iraqi forces conducted missions in the area.Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

I have been disgusted by the Pussies and Cowards on DIGG with their quisling comments. They bring dishonor to the memory of my shipmate. Our beloved Constitution's Bill or Rights protect these cowards right to say these despicable things.
I propose an addition to the Bill of Rights: The right to defend the honor of fallen patriots. Suggested wording: "Any person who brings dishonor to the memory or service of a warrior of these United States shall forfeit any and all protections offered by any state or the several states against acts of violence, assault, mayhem, or death perpetrated by a veteran or current member of the armed forces of the United States. This constitution recognizes any such act of violence as being necessary for the security of a free State and by extension the fulfillment of the oath of office to protect and defend the constitution against all enemies both foreign and domestic."