Hey, I agree with you. Yeah, other people sacrifice their lives every day to try to protect someone else's. It matters, and I'm not trying to diminish their gift. I have too many friends who's jobs it is to keep other people safe for me to do that, and not feel guilty. Some of my good friends at home are police officers, firefighters, etc. Yes, I also have a lot of friends in various military groups, my dad included. So, yes, I want to show my support to them.
On the other hand, you have a point that you really can't compare Jesus to the military. (For multiple reasons that strike me as funny right now.) The main one being you can't compare a basketball to an oak tree. Doesn't work. (Believe me, I just tried to figure out some kind of connection. Best I can get is, You could technically build a basketball hoop out of a tree... but that's about it. Anyway, I digress.) To be honest, I posted because the wording was cool, and it makes you think. I don't require that people agree with everything that I say, or pass on. Hell, I don't even agree with some of the things that I post. I post those things because they made me think, and if they make me think, maybe they'll make other people think, too. And that's what I ask for. Not that you agree, but that you think. (That "you" being the proverbial "you", of course.) I don't want everyone agreeing with me on everything. Sure, it would be nice for some things, but even then, it wouldn't be right. I don't want people agreeing with me simply because they want to agree with me. I want them to believe something because they can't not believe it, and still maintain self respect. And most of all, I want them to think about what it is that they believe, and why. I'm a big fan of the "Why?" question. I ask myself of it all the time. Digressing again. I'm ending this comment now, before I wind up segueing into something else entirely.
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On the other hand, you have a point that you really can't compare Jesus to the military. (For multiple reasons that strike me as funny right now.) The main one being you can't compare a basketball to an oak tree. Doesn't work. (Believe me, I just tried to figure out some kind of connection. Best I can get is, You could technically build a basketball hoop out of a tree... but that's about it. Anyway, I digress.) To be honest, I posted because the wording was cool, and it makes you think. I don't require that people agree with everything that I say, or pass on. Hell, I don't even agree with some of the things that I post. I post those things because they made me think, and if they make me think, maybe they'll make other people think, too. And that's what I ask for. Not that you agree, but that you think. (That "you" being the proverbial "you", of course.) I don't want everyone agreeing with me on everything. Sure, it would be nice for some things, but even then, it wouldn't be right. I don't want people agreeing with me simply because they want to agree with me. I want them to believe something because they can't not believe it, and still maintain self respect. And most of all, I want them to think about what it is that they believe, and why. I'm a big fan of the "Why?" question. I ask myself of it all the time. Digressing again. I'm ending this comment now, before I wind up segueing into something else entirely.