[The Urban Sombrero]

Your having mischaracterized my joke about you being a taco breath is what I find interesting. But yeah, we all learn things as we go. For example, I learned something on the elementary school playground that did not actually snap into focus for me until some time after. And that is the fact that just because people may not have the first glimmer of what they speak, does not mean, as is the situation in this case as you continue to lecture me about the US military, that they will hesitate to open their mouth about it anyway.

Since you brought my faith into question, let us pursue the facts from that perspective. The Scripture teaches us that only a few will find that narrow door which opens to a life lived for Him. Jesus said He was the door of the sheep and He said the following; John 8:12 (KJV)
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

I've attempted to come at this concept from several different angles in the past but I'll try once more for you. All truth exists simultaneously and is completely devoid of the slightest contradiction. Therefore secular truth never contradicts spiritual truth. That is to say for example, that the laws of thermodynamics never contradict the other laws of nature, or the Biblical account of the Creation. Truth is like light, there are no gaps or voids and there is no darkness which can resist it's power to illuminate. And separating scientific truth from God's truth, is not only impossible, but destructive. Therefore when Jesus said I am the light of the world and he that followeth Me shall have light/understanding, that means all truth will be revealed to the believer. Scientists who wrongly separate Spiritual truths from scientific truths have shortchanged themselves. But such is the inescapable plight of the unsaved, as they are condemned to "walk in darkness." As the result, when the Evolutionist insists that the fossil record supports natural selection, they are in error and in such error bring shame and damnation to themselves. God has said it was He Who created every living thing.

You have a problem with me I take it, because I seem sure of myself. I have the light of life, and make no excuses for what may seem a reluctance to compromise on some of the issues we speak about on this forum. You can call my 'illumination' hyper politicized Christianity if you like. But Christ did not say backing up from the truth was sometimes necessary to make friends or gains for His cause. I choose to honor Him by honoring His Word, even when doing so is not convenient. And in the spirit of complete transparency then, I always back up my Biblical analysis' with Scripture.

I am not lecturing you on Vietnam. I am saying one man's experience and viewpoint does not the world make. This does not cheapen your military service, but it also points out that broad generalizations based on that experience are not necessarily binding on debate, or overall truth for that matter.

I firmly believe there is one who is before all things and in whom all things hold together (Colossians). That includes Truth. But, how subservient to Christ were the founders of this nation when they left it perfectly legal to own, buy, sell, and trade human beings? And not let women vote, or hold public office, or have legal standing? It is, in my view, wise to look to the most noble reading of the principles they put forth, but to look at the men themselves as those who but saw through a glass darkly at best, and as ignoble brutes dwelling in the flesh at worst.