God Bless Our Troops

[american_typeculture]

Email from reich-wing SIL. She is a chain-smoking, alcoholic, FuXNews watching, Bush supporter... and now the scary part... she is also a school teacher.


Subject: God Bless Our Troops

A United States Marine was attending some college courses between
assignments. He had completed missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. One of the
courses had a professor who was a vowed atheist and a member of the ACLU.

One day the professor shocked the class when he came in. He looked to
the ceiling and flatly stated, "God, if you are real, then I want you to
knock me off this platform. I'll give you exactly 15 minutes."

The lecture room fell silent. You could hear a pin drop. Ten minutes
went by and the professor proclaimed, "Here I am God. I'm still waiting."
It got down to the last couple of minutes when the Marine got out of his
chair, went up to the professor, and cold-cocked him; knocking him off the
platform. The professor was out cold.

The Marine went back to his seat and sat there, silently. The other
students were shocked and stunned and sat there looking on in silence.
The professor eventually came to, noticeably shaken, looked at the Marine
and asked, "What the hell is the matter with you? Why did you do that?"

The Marine calmly replied, "God was too busy today protecting America's
soldiers who are protecting your right to say stupid shit and act like an
asshole. So, He sent me."

[NC_Nurse]

1. Oh, you mean like he sends suicide bombers to kill

our troops? That's what THEY believe. :eyes:

[monmouth]

2. That RW crapola has been around for a while...lol.

[Zywiec]

3. Sounds like a version of this favorite....

http://www.snopes.com/religion/einstein.asp

[Zywiec]

4. One more thing

A Marine would not say God is busy protecting Soldiers (Army), he would say God is busy protecting Marines.

[Disturbed]

7. Yeah, God protects Marines.

So, no Marines have been killed or wounded in the Kristian Crusades in Iraq or Afghanistan?

[Zywiec]

11. Is that a question for me?

Do you know the difference between a Marine, Soldier, Sailor, Airman? The point I was making is this is a story about a Marine, so he would not be refering to Soldiers, but rather Marines.

That's all.

[angrycarpenter]

5. Is this a true story?

violent smiting by proxy is the rationale of Islamic terrorists. Vengeance is mine sayeth the lord, remember that one?

[msongs]

6. bullies thugs and common criminals enforcing their religious views nt

[HughMoran]

8. The marine was later found beaten-to-death

Oh, did they forget that little detail?

[gratuitous]

9. So, what is your sister-in-law saying?

That God blesses sucker-punchers? I must have missed that Beatitude.

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. "cold-cocked him"

It's the kind stale outworn thing a freeper wanna-be writer would use. All those stories sound like they were written by the same nitwit.

[Disturbed]

12. Didn't Jesus say lover your enemies & turn the other cheek?

Oh, that was just gibberish. Jesus must've been high on shrooms that day.
No one believes that nonsense.

[The_Casual_Observer]

15. Jesus was all about bring wealth to those who follow him, or so they say.

[Midlodemocrat]

13. C'mon everyone!!! Follow the bouncing ball!!!

:eyes:

[zippy890]

14. what's 'a vowed atheist' ?

Vowed atheists ???

they must be the worst of the worst, like eviler than the
ones who don't have vowes.

:silly:

[american_typeculture]

17. Good catch.

Atheists don't "a vow themselves" of anything. Kind of goes against the whole atheist thing. Might as well say, he was religiously anti-religious.

[Justitia]

16. oooo, a mbr of the ACLU too? The same ACLU that got RW hero, Ollie North (a Marine) off the hook?

What a pantload.

Then again, WHY is anyone posting this on DU anyway?