The most ridiculous thing heard in some churches today (and I know that a lot of ridiculous things were heard), is that we have freedom to worship today because of U.S. soldiers who gave their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan. Just think about how stupid that sounds. If someone said WW2 then I can at least understanding why they might think such a thing. But even then, when Nazi Germany occupied France during WW2, did the evil Germans forbid the French from going to church? Someone with more than my B.A. in history please correct me if I am mistaken.
Updates:
A reader reminds me that the United States in WW2 joined forces with Stalin, a brutal dictator who did prevent lots of people from attending church by means of imprisonment and death.
Another reader reminds me that “under the Saddam Hussein regime, Christianity was tolerated in Iraq. With the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, Christianity there has almost been obliterated by the American installed government. So, U.S. soldiers played a major role in millions people losing their right to worship as they please.”
And no, of course I am not sticking up for occupying Nazi forces in France as some idiot is accusing me of.
11:04 am on May 27, 2012
