{"id":42653,"date":"2018-01-11T00:30:37","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T03:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=42653"},"modified":"2018-01-11T01:37:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-11T04:37:31","slug":"will-vandalized-war-memorial-survive-atheist-purge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/11\/will-vandalized-war-memorial-survive-atheist-purge\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Vandalized War Memorial Survive Atheist Purge?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Walk of Heroes Veterans War Memorial<\/a> in Rockdale County, Georgia, was vandalized<\/a> in December<\/a>. A plaque, two statues, and the globe they held, all made from bronze, were ripped from the site. Three people have been arrested.<\/p>\n

At this point, there’s no immediate indication the vandalism was connected to the nationwide purge of “racially offensive” monuments. One source estimated the cost of repairs at more than $200,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another question, however, is whether the monument, repaired or not, will survive the newfound fury of atheists.<\/p>\n

Atheist Jason Torpy and others like him have been on a crusade over the past few years to have war memorials with religious imagery or iconography ripped out of the ground — including, believe it or not, the Argonne Cross in Arlington National Cemetery<\/a>.\u00a0 (Regrettably, their effort may have been unintentionally aided by the Stars and Stripes creating a database<\/a> of memorials nationwide.)\u00a0 Small towns have been targeted in particular, as they rarely have the funds for a legal fight to defend a memorial.\u00a0 The Bladensburg Peace Cross has been the most recent target.<\/p>\n

Prior targets have included the kneeling Soldier silhouette around the country<\/a>, as well as the Mojave Cross<\/a> and the Mount Soledad Memorial<\/a>, both of which were permitted to stand only after the ground on which they stood was transferred to private organizations.\u00a0 Not all have been crosses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you look at the pictures of the Walk of Heroes, you’ll note the “religious imagery” in the background — a (mostly) gender-neutralized quote from Jesus Christ (John 15:13<\/a> (KJV)):<\/p>\n

Greater love hath no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now that militant atheists are aware of the site, wonder how long it will be before the faux outrage begins.<\/p>\n

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