Foehammer’s Anvil

Strangely enough, in the past 48 hours, without any conscious intent on my part, I ended up in a swirl of debate between Christians and Atheists and how both relate to this new world filled with Muslim aggression. It all started with a comment I made on a Jihad Watch thread. I just quipped that “Atheism has not built a nation yet”, to which one presumed atheist chimed in with a long-winded retort that not only was I wrong, but the United States itself was created by agnostics and atheists.

Then while that debate was raging, unbeknownst to me, I went and did what I always do when it comes to censorship: I defended the Right to Free Speech. And I did it for an atheist, Nick Gisburne. Blam! Right into yet another firestorm. I couldn’t feel more at home.

So, let’s debate a little bit and then skip to the heart of it all, as I see it.

That the United States had as its Founding Fathers a group of atheists and agnostics is patently absurd on many levels. George Washington himself lost both his children to tragedy during the course of the Revolutionary War that he lead us to victory in. Would a man that was railing against God be able to make it through under such awe-inspiring weight of calamity and still lead a sapling of a nation to victory over that age’s Superpower, Britain? If that is true, then Washington was made of stronger stuff than any man I’ve ever heard of.

How then might we also explain the marks on our coinage and paper money: “In God We Trust” seems like quite a leap-of-faith for a league of atheists to come up with.

I’m not going to get into an argument here about whether or not the United States was founded by atheists, for that would just be too long a debate and I do not have the texts on hand to make it worth anyone’s time this morning, but what I can do is show you why losing Judeo-Christian ideology in the United States could very well usher in a day of defeat for our nation, and why losing our American heritage, religious or otherwise, is a goal of the Moonbat Left and Islamists alike.

An article entitled “Misplaced Faith: Why no one questioned the implications of bringing large Muslim populations into a secularizing West” by William Anthony Hay, came across my email this morning. There is real warning in this piece. Here’s a sample:

Although many observers predicted that religion would enter a pattern of terminal decline in the 20th century, events took a different course. Religion not only revived but found expression in unexpected forms. The theologian Paul Tillich noted the way in which people invested worldly things, especially politics, with transcendent meaning. In a 1937 speech, Winston Churchill described communism and Nazism as “non-God religions” that aimed to reignite old religious wars. In “Sacred Causes,” Michael Burleigh tracks the fate of religious and secular forces in the 20th century, registering their collisions and their effects on the culture we live in today.

God, I do love the wit and wisdom of Sir Winston Churchill. He’s one of those few people in history that I would jump over tables to have coffee with if given the chance, be it in a dream or the Hereafter.

“Non-God religions”, according to Sir Winston, were aiming to push the world towards religious war. The very same thing can be said of today, when even without looking for it, I am inundated with examples of how the intolerant Left is falling more and more into a fascist mindset and aiding and abetting the Islamic world in its attempts to bring down the American Superpower. The Left is full of enough hate, they must feel a basic simpatico with the “downtrodden” Muslims. Enough hate that they are working to do exactly what Churchill warned of back just prior to World War II.

In your heart you must sense what I’m typing this morning is true?

I can’t be the only one that listens to John Edwards in his Presidential bid and laughs. The man is hopeless. You can’t win the Presidency of the United States of America by using convenient and destructive platitudes at the expense of our forces in Iraq and expect not to be reviled. During the last election I simply ignored him, now I am openly pointing a finger at Edwards and calling him what he is: a weak-minded exploiter of opportunity.

Iraq will not be another Vietnam. Got that? If anyone sees someone spit on a soldier returning from Iraq in an attempt to ignite another flurry of disrespect for the efforts of our brave soldiers, I hope other Americans knock that hippie-throwback to the ground and call a cop.

Then there’s even Hillary Clinton, who is usually quite shrewd in her word-choice, calling for our troops to come home in “ninety days.” Oh, seriously, why doesn’t everyone on the Left form lines outside the Vietnam Memorial right now, with paint buckets in-hand, and start with the graffiti? After they are done they can then form lines in “ninety days” outside all the airports as our soldiers return to their families and I’m sure they’ll have rotten fruit and veggies to throw at the “baby killers” that come home.

It’s not going to happen. Iraq, as much of a mess at it is on many levels, is not Vietnam. In fact, it’s not even much more than the 2nd major battle of what I already know is the Next World War. Of course, the moonbats are swirling around over my head right now screaming loudly at such an outrageous statement. Well, too bad. I know that Liberals can close their eyes and squint and click their pointy shoes together a few times and the world is made right, but over here on my side of the planet, at my desk, I’m stuck with the real world, and that real world is marching to war.

Time again for a quote from Mr. Hay quoting Mr. Burleigh:

What might seem to be a mere local echo of conflicts from Oliver Cromwell’s day, Mr. Burleigh says, has a current parallel in Muslim ghettos across Europe. Alienated youths find meaning in Islam, and governments leave such communities to their own devices, allowing radical subcultures to grow. The 9/11 attacks, of course, brought political Islam into focus for many who had not given the matter any thought before. Mr. Burleigh asks why no one questioned the implications of introducing large Muslim populations into a secularizing West.

Absolute tolerance, Mr. Burleigh believes, makes Western societies particularly vulnerable to those who play by other rules, particularly when self-doubt hobbles Western leaders. Mr. Burleigh ends his fascinating chronicle by suggesting the new “sacred causes” are no less potent than the old ones, a truly troubling thought.

Absolute tolerance. Indeed. For many years I have said in private conversations and probably a few times here on the Anvil, if we as Americans don’t start learning the value of the word “No” then we are going to live to regret it. So, today, I’m telling the Moonbats: “No, you won’t get another Vietnam so you can weed your way into the White House at the expense of our veterans.”

“No, you will not take away our trust in God either. And we aren’t talking about Allah.”

No, you will not. The rest of us will be there to stop you this time. At the elections, in the streets, at the airports, on the docks, on the Blogosphere and in the media.

Just say no, America. No to sanctimonious Leftists, young Berkeley fascists, CAIR, John Edwards, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and all the other elements that are determined to open the gates for the barbarians.

And when you see a young American soldier with ribbons on a proud chest, stop him or her, shake their hand and welcome them home.

When you see a Muslim, politely cross the street.

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