Memorial Day
It’s that time of year again. The first military appreciation day of the year, otherwise known as Memorial Day, is coming up on Monday, May 27.
On the Sunday before this day, many conservative, evangelical, and fundamentalist churches will have patriotic services where American flags are placed all over the church grounds and inside the building, the congregation recites the Pledge of Allegiance, hymns of worship to the state will be sung (including the blasphemous “Battle Hymn of the Republic”), current and former members of the military will be recognized, a video tribute to the troops will be shown, a military chaplain will speak, and more prayers than usual will be offered for “the troops in harm’s way.”
Christian parachurch ministries will also jump on the Memorial Day bandwagon. I receive each month, both via print and email, a variety of religious publications. Here is what one of them says about Memorial Day in this month’s issue of
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