Originally posted by blader
They took Saratoga from the British crown,
Secured America's freedom at the Battle of Yorktown.
You're saying
atheists won the revolutionary war!?!
God help you. George Washington himself was a devout Christian [1]. Oh, i'm sure there were a couple atheists among the Americans, but they are nothing in comparison to the number of Christians. Please don't uproot real history to plant your own dogma.
From Sumter to Appomattox, fields flowed with their blood.
When the cannons grew silent, the flag proudly stood.
What flag? Not the star spangled banner, i guess. Here's the final part of the National Anthem of this nation (written in 1812):
"O thus be it ever when free-men shall stand
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: In God is our trust!
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave"[2]
Many young people i'm sure have never even heard this, that the National Anthem mentions God. I don't know how Atheists fit into this picture. Don't take credit away from Christian's prayers and efforts in the civil war.
From the Marne to the Argonne, in trenches and tanks,
They defeated the Germans -- the whole world gave thanks.
"Atheists" didn't defeat the Germans in either WWI or WWII. Try doing some research. Dwight Eisenhower was the supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe. He wrote the following in June of 1944, just before D-Day:
"...let us all beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking." [3]
They were bombed at Pearl Harbor, fought on to Berlin. Many freethinking women served along with the men.
Who was bombed at Pearl? People. More specifically, Americans. I bet there were atheists among them, but why do you think their deaths are more valuable and precious than those of American Christians?
My grandfather served in the Soviet army when the Russians tore into Berlin and unfurled the Soviet flag over the Reichstag. He was an atheist, but not on the battlefield. All the time in combat he carried the words of
Psalm 91 in his pocket. Even though he wasn't a Christian, fear does something to a person. He wasn't killed in the war, but came home after being wounded by a mine. When he was buried 18 years later, he still had shrapnel in his legs.
Still war keeps erupting -- Iraq, Bosnia, and Kosovo.
Where is the peace that eludes people so?
The atheists don't have it, that's for sure. Christ is the source of true peace for the soul.
It is broken by tyrants who bear crosses and creeds,
That overshadow reason with hate and cruel deeds.
Stalin killed tens of millions of his own citizens (some historic estimates go into seven-figure numbers). He was an
atheist. Why doesn't this author mention that? The crusaders (cross bearers) of the middle ages killed many, but these deaths pale in comparison by number to Stalin. The Bible says that the voice of spilled blood cries out to God from the ground [4]. What an eerie sensation it would be to hear the blood of countless millions cry out.
So atheists prevail until your work is complete.
Mothers mourn, children cry, and bigots plan your defeat.
What is this "work," exactly? The alternative to being an atheist is being a bigot? I know one thing -- Christians see atheists as people in need of God's help, and look at them with compassion. Atheists see Christians as their sworn enemy. Who's the bigot?
By air, land, and sea, you answer freedom's call.
Without god or faith, you seek liberty for all.
I doubt a single person made this his final words on September 11th. What an arrogant, thoughtless poem this is. And not just a little bit misleading and offensive.
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[1] --
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-wall/wal-g011.html
[2] --
http://www.graphicbuds.com/memorial/
[3] -- Excerpt from leaflet given to American soldiers in Europe.
http://carlisle-www.army.mil/cgi-bin/usamhi/DL/showdoc.pl?docnum=203
[4] -- Genesis 4:10