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Well, I grew up in a Roman Catholic household. We went to Church everysunday, and had to sit through CCD. I also went to Catholic middle school and High school. Then I enlisted in the National Guard and started attending college. After seeing some things and seeing the world (most of our annual training, the two weeks a year, takes place in foriegn countries) I have come to believe in divine intervention. I have seen people who have been shot out of helocopters and had their vehicles be destroyed by RPG's and they walk away with minimal injuries. Then I've seen people mangled or killed by an accident in the moterpool doing routine maintenance. I have found that it doesn't matter what you are doing, when your time is up, thats it.
Now after seeing the world and what it has to offer and being extensivley versed in Christianity I chose to stick with it. What I have found most people to disagree with, myself included, are policy issues, not the message. Maybe the way things are done are messed up and maybe some of the things people in the Church say are wrong and some things people have done ARE wrong. But it comes down to treat people decently and expect the same in return. I know you don't have to believe in God or anyone/thing else for that but I found a religion I can live with and thats whats important.
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"When your men get home and face an anti-war protestor, tell them to look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy."
~ General Tommy Franks
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