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Post #319692

Author
Jay
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The Atheism thread
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Date created
2-Jun-2008, 10:10 AM
Mentioning God on our money is as shallow and meaningless as wearing flag lapel pins. Mentioning God in our Pledge of Allegiance is insulting to those who believe in the American ideal, but not the religion-infused version of it.

Nanner Split said:

I'll go you one further than that: why even have a pledge of allegiance at all? How do you pledge allegiance to a government? Sounds more like a sheep's call, if you ask me.


The words to the pledge before 1954:

"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all."

The pledge isn't about God. It's about our nation. It's a pledge to ourselves and our ideals. Throwing God into it is what makes it a sheep's call.