Marines erect cross for fallen comrades

Posted on November 19, 2011 by KG

A fine gesture, right? But not, according to militant atheist assholes.

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15 Responses to Marines erect cross for fallen comrades

  1. Andrei says:
    November 19, 2011 at 11:33

    It is really telling, is it not, the reaction the Cross arouses……..

    • KG says:
      November 19, 2011 at 12:21

      It sure is. And I don’t believe the blather about “separation of Church and State” when it comes from militant atheists.
      What they are is anti-Christian. Period. (you’ll note the same groups don’t mount similar campaigns against demonstrations of muslim symbols and practices)

      • Andrei says:
        November 19, 2011 at 13:33

        I was thinking more along the lines of how servants of the Dark One might find being in the presence of the Cross discomforting

      • The Gantt Guy says:
        November 19, 2011 at 14:38

        Of course the don’t . They like their heads just the way they are…attached to their shoulders. They know Christians won’t react in a kinetic manner, which makes us an easy target.

  3. Carol-Christian Soldier says:
    November 19, 2011 at 13:10

    no – it was part of MK’s post–my desire is to-simply -spread the word that our BEST still believe in freedom of religion…
    my comment at MK-
    as to the separation on church and state- it was a phrase from Jefferson’s assurance to the Danbury Baptist that the Fed govt would NOT sponsor a taxpayer – state funded church- to supersede the concept of freedom OF religion as stated in the original intent-of the Constitution…no taxpayer funded religious institutions…in other words…

    Troops’ Bibles Burned by DoD-
    http://carolmsblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/bibles-burned-by-our-gvt-2009-posts.html

    Carol-CS

  4. KG says:
    November 19, 2011 at 13:13

    Aaah. Thanks. :smile:

  5. Darin says:
    November 19, 2011 at 13:16

    Militant Atheists are miserable people who’s sole purpose in life is to make everyone else miserable too.I used to tolerate them,but now that I am older I have much less time for they’re silliness.
    So I just tell them to FOAD,leave me alone and I’ll do the same,otherwise if they touch my faith I’ll go Medieval on they’re sorry asses :twisted:

    So if any of you Militants out there want to rumble,just remember you may not believe in God,but touch my nativity scene and you will meet Him :twisted:

  7. kowtow says:
    November 19, 2011 at 15:27

    One of the oldest active service officers in the front in WW1 was an Irish Nationalist MP ,Major William Redmond. He served in the Royal Irish Regiment in the 16th (Irish) Division on the Western Front.
    He wrote a number of essays from the front,here is part of one.
    As they Fought,So they Died.( Sept 13 ,1916)
    It is in a cemetery in France,one of those cemeteries which have sprung up during the war,and where the graves are all quite new. All around,the little crosses bear the names of men belonging to many British regiments;with here and there French names,under which are inscribed the words ” Mort pour La France “.

    Two graves lie open,waiting to receive the dead;close by a group of officers stand,and the men who have made the graves are in the background leaning on their spades. A little way off, an old man and some women are busy saving a field of corn,and the whirring noise of a reaping machine sounds drowsily on the air.
    From a greater distance comes the dull roar of guns, and overhead an aeroplane circles like some giant bird. The group of officers by the grave side includes 2 chaplains, one Church of England and one a Catholic priest. They have come to bury two young 0fficers,both Irish,but of different Churches.
    Presently a little procession arrives: a motor wagon,looking strangely incongruous in the cemetery,and behind it a little company of the men belonging to the regiment of the dead officers.They stand around the opened earth like statues,their faces set in expression of pain. The eyes of some are filled with tears,for they knew well and loved their young leaders-young,indeed,they were; merely boys.
    Reverently the remains are lifted to the grave;there are no coffins here.The bodies,swathed in the ordinary brown Army blankets,are lowered into the grave side by side,shoulder to shoulder,just as in life the boys had lain in their rude shelter in the trenches for many days and many nights. The chaplains read the burial services of their respective Churches.”Ashes to ashes,dust to dust’. Some soil of France is shovelled into the grave, and soon the little group of mourners melts away.
    As the men of the dead officers’ regiment march off,they gaze up reverently as they pass by the great Crucifix in the centre of the cemetery. It is to them not only a symbol of the hope of salvation,but a symbol of the glory and majesty of a death suffered for the sake of others…………………..

    Major Redmond was killed in action in June 1917 in the Battle of Messines .He had the option of staying behind the lines but chose to lead an assault. He suffered a relatively minor shrapnel wound that a younger man might have survived,he was in his mid 50’s.

    His grave has become something of a war shrine itself and yes ,it is marked with a cross.
    http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?q=major+redmonds+grave&hl=en&sa=G&biw=1143&bih=602&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=IDZaLbJIZ5SuxM:&imgrefurl=http://homepage.eircom.net/~navalass32/flanders4.htm&docid=dD4uifOU5wpPKM&imgurl=http://homepage.eircom.net/~navalass32/redmond1.jpg&w=644&h=422&ei=pT3HTvy8JMfkmAWajNEG&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=217&vpy=183&dur=1157&hovh=182&hovw=277&tx=129&ty=83&sig=102401376891626349531&page=1&tbnh=107&tbnw=124&start=0&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0

  8. Diamond Mair says:
    November 19, 2011 at 16:48

    Our cyber-group of former Marines split a few years ago, in large part due to the sneak/snark attacks by an avowed atheist {there is some commentary to the effect that he worked for/with Madalyn Murray O’Hare back in the day} – he’s a former Marine, former Catholic schoolboy, who claims to have “lost” his faith in Viet Nam. I used to feel sorry for him, because he has NOTHING other than himself to believe in – but his arrogance and overall crappy attitude kinda ………………… ended any sympathy ………………………………… :roll:

    Semper Fi’
    DM

    {BTW, YES, I’m still kicking, but have been working a LOT of hours :lol: }

  9. MK says:
    November 20, 2011 at 20:46

    As i posted, i see the need to separate Church from State, but we just don’t have to be petty assholes about it.