Only two forces ever offered to die for you...?

Question

1. Jesus Christ


2. The American G. I.


One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

We have seem to be forgetting that???

Answer 1

Is there a reason you asked this twice?

Refer to my answer on the other one

Answer 2

I find tons of evidence for one of those and the other is likely to have existed, but there is no evidence for his claims.

You may also be forgetting that there are some here who were saved by other means at the risk of several lives, i.e. pulled from a burning building, protected by a police officer, or operated on and given a organ donation.

Answer 3

"We have seem to be forgetting that???"

Oh, yes, that NEVER comes up. No-one EVER talks about these things. I can't remember the last time anyone ever told me that Jesus died for me or that American soldiers risked their lives to protect my freedom.
(/sarcasm off)

Look, hon, the Jesus thing is simply false.

As for soldiers, of course I appreciate it when they risk their lives to protect my freedoms. But the whole "support our troops" movement has made a mockery of that, and worse, insists that we pretend that the attack on Iraq somehow protects our freedoms. It in fact does no such thing, and the soldiers fighting there are simply doing their jobs, not protecting my freedom. By no stretch of the imagination does insisting that I lie about that fact protect my freedoms.

On top of that, when - in the middle of all of this flag-waving, "Support Our Troops" bumper stickers, constant speeches praising them, yellow magnetic ribbons on cars and the like - people STILL insist that we've "forgotten" to honor our soldiers, it only looks like someone has decided to play the whiny victim role on behalf of the American military.

Now I believe that my military personnel are stronger than that - they don't need me to whine for them, and they certainly don't need me to play "let's pretend" games on their behalf. I pay quite a bit of money to support the troops, I vote for politicians who have the troops' welfare in mind, and I have never said anything negative about the U.S. military in general. I'm not going to also pretend that their efforts aren't thoroughly recognized.

On top of that, plenty of other people have put in hard work - and made considerable risks - to protect my freedoms. The ACLU has in fact done far more to protect our freedoms than anyone else I can think of - and yet many of the same people who constantly insist that we should honor our soldiers for protecting our freedoms at the same time attack the ACLU. Actions speak louder than words: attacking our freedoms while praising our soldiers for "protecting our freedoms" says that those people are against the United States.