Theocracy
"Behold! The angels said: "O Mary! God gives you Glad tidings of a Word from Him: His name will be Christ Jesus, The son of Mary, held in honor in this world and the hereafter and of the company of those Nearest to God."
"He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity, and he shall be of the company of the righteous."
"She said: 'O my Lord, how shall I have a son when no man has touched me?'
"He said: Even so: God creates what He wills: when He has decreed a plan, He but says to it 'Be' and it is.
"God will teach him The Book and Wisdom, The Law and The Gospel, and appoint him an apostle to the Children of Israel...."
-The Holy Qur'an, Sura 3, Verse 45-49
This Christmas men and women of our armed forces are away from their families, at war in foreign lands. Fighting, shedding blood, and serving with honor to ensure our safety, we owe them a debt that can never truly be repaid.
It is important for us to recognize just what we are fighting.
We are not fighting the religion of Islam or its Holy Book, we are fighting theocratic societies that view violent death as the most important value of life. We are fighting a worldview that causes parents to see their children's death for a cause as the ultimate honor.
We owe it to our troops, and indeed the nations of the world that have supported our endeavor, to win the wars we are currently fighting.
We owe it to ourselves to ensure that the lure of theocracy is never embraced here.
Perhaps this Christmas Season, in addition to our other celebrations, we should spend an hour relaxing with a pipe, contemplating all of the blessings we have received as a direct result of the secular government our founding fathers created for us.