Listen Colonel Sanders. From a Viet grunt, 196th infantry, 1971 Da Nang. I'll go to battle anytime, anywhere with this person you're raggin' on. Don't sound like you've been in many foxholes Colonel. I'm confident if you had your spiritual worldview would be drastically different. I'd guess you're one of those officer types tippin' a few brews back in the rear hopin' us privates, pfc's and corporals fare thee well out in the bush. So why don't you stay back in the rear and make sure all the support personnel have their boots bloused and their brass polished and remember to give you lots of salutes. We're soldiers in the army of our Lord. This army will be around alot longer than yours. As you were.
Let me repost what you said earlier:
No argument with you continuing your thread, but when you continue it to it's extreme (in real life), people like me end up dead.
I took this to mean that you believe that religion, and the discussion thereof, results in people being killed. Which is tantamount to saying that all people of religious faith are potential Taliban. It does get tiresome having to refute such ridiculous claims. Now, if I misunderstood what you meant to say here, I apologize. Perhaps you can clarify how, exactly, this sort of discussion ("when you [meaning 'we'] continue it to its extreme") results in people like you ending up dead?
Merely, that fools like you, get soldiers like me, killed, for your fervor. I'll be there for my Country, where will you be?
How are we fools, and what exactly have we done to get soldiers like you killed "for our fervor"? You are making sweeping and baseless generalizations about us.
We too, are here for our country. We support our President and our military. We pay our taxes, which pays your salary and provides you with the resources you need to do your job. We support candidates and politicians who favor a strong national defense. We pray for your safety and success. There are more ways of serving than being in the armed forces. I dare say that there are many strongly religious people who serve along side you. More so than in the general population, because those who are raised in strongly religious homes generally have a stronger love of country and willingness to serve as well. If you have hostility and resentment of religious people, perhaps you should go and talk with a chaplain. Religious people are on your side, not against you.