Are we really remembering them?

Yesterday, the Vicar at a Remembrance Sunday service opening words were:

"We gather here today to worship God our Lord"

Now that should be the first indicator that something is wrong.  I go to two or three services each year, being a long standing member of the Air Cadets, I have quite strong links with the annual Poppy Appeal etc, volunteering extra Saturdays to sell Poppy's and raise money for the Royal British Legion.

I am not religious in any way, probably one of the least religious people you could find.  If I wasn't in the cadets, then I probably wouldn't go to church, but I do go with cadets to various acts of remembrance, ATC Sunday, Remembrance Sunday etc.  I do this out of respect for the event in hand, the Church just happens to be the venue.

So why do we gather in Churches?  I guess because of convenience, Britain holding on to the fact that it used to be a Christian Nation, but is far from in now.  He said himself that in 20 years, statistically, no-one would be going to Church any more.  Anyone watching the news over the past few years would have a hard job proving the existence of any God!

Every year I find myself irritated by the Vicars taking the Remembrance service, they are always more bothered about God, than they are about the real reason everyone is there, to remember the dead, to honour the countless men and women who have given their lives for their country.  But the Vicar always talks more about God and what he did and how amazing he is, we sing about him, pray for him.  Less and less are The Fallen even mentioned.

The opening line of this post sums it up, the Vicar had the audacity to say that!  It was not the reason any of us were there at all, the more I think about what he said, the more outrageous it seems.

At another service yesterday, the Vicar said, when talking about The Fallen and God:

"It is more important to glorify God"

What is that even supposed to mean?  It is more important to suck up to "God" than remember our dead soldiers?

Most people probably switch of when listening to the ramblings in church, but actually taking note of what is being said brings out some truly bizarre statements.

I will of course continue going to Church on Remembrance Sunday, for the true reason of being there and I hope everyone else does the same.