Christians Committed To Scripture Do Not Celebrate Veteran's Day

As a Christian I will not be thanking veterans today. I am a veteran who is ashamed. I did not defend your freedom. I did not serve America. I was a stooge and part of a cult and a murder machine. When God saved me He also opened my eyes to the idolatry of Nationalism which as a pagan had gripped my heart and afflicted my conscience.

As a new Christian it really hit me that a Roman convert would not celebrate the 'service' of the legions. First century Christians would not encourage soldiers to stand up and be honoured in the holy assembly. Christians would not sing songs to praise Rome or Babylon. So what happened?

This question prompted a long search into theology and history and my own past and understanding. Praise God as one born again I came to position of challenging everything I had ever been taught. It was eye opening.

For those who wish to reconsider or perhaps even for the first time consider what we call Veteran's Day, I provide the following links.

The truth often proves offensive. Should we expect any different?

http://proto-protestantism.blogspot.com/2012/06/a-strange-sense-of-service-part-1.html

http://proto-protestantism.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-cancer-of-militarism.html

http://proto-protestantism.blogspot.com/2010/12/days-in-cult.html

My whole project consistently revisits the issues surrounding the idea of Christian Nationalism. I would argue that is nothing less than apostasy and represents one of the great heresies of all time.

As Christians our primary message to veterans is simple... Repent!

I also recommend the works of Lawrence Vance when it comes to this topic of Christians and the military. I don't agree with many of his views beyond this immediate topic but when it comes to this issue he's right on. A lot of his writings appear on Lew Rockwell's site.