Seeing Red.

I was so mad in English on Friday. I was ticked off.

We were talking about The Iliad, and heroes.
Then we started talking about suicide bombers...
and how "brave" and "courageous" they are.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Yes, they killed themselves for what they believe in. But that doesn't sound noble to me. That sounds dumb. It's so much easier to die for your faith than to live for your faith.

It it because of the suicide bombers and people like them that my brothers are in Iraq...protecting YOU and YOUR right to call suicide bombers "heroes".

My dad is a hero for daily facing people who make dumb choices. My Mom is a hero for living out her faith in a workplace that doesn't center on Christ. Brad is a hero for being brave enough to get in another Stryker after the one he was in blew up. Jeff is a hero for doing his second tour of Iraq, for wanting to go back again.

Oh, you blew up a plane and killed thousands of innocent people with you?

You are NOT a hero.
You are NOT brave.
You do NOT have courage.

You are a coward to the utmost degree.
You would rather kill people than tell them what you believe in.

No wonder people don't always support the war. They are convinced that what our troops are trying to do is stop "heroes" from doing what they do. If you consider suicide bombers, and those that support them, brave, then you need a reality check.

Being martyred for your faith is way different than killing yourself for it. Only cowards and idiots do that.