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Captain Deflecto Vice Captain
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 Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 9:03 pm
I really don't see why anybody cares. Especially since most people who complain about it don't say any of the pledge at all, so why should it matter? Besides, far too many things have been done "in the name of God" for His name to be taken out. Most people use God as an excuse for more than is even possible. Plus, since the majority of government is of the Christian faith, and that this country "was founded by God", it's extremely unlikely that His name will be removed anytime soon.
Just a little footnote... This wasn't supposed to be a discussion, was it?
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Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:35 pm
God can be interpreted in many ways. Keep in mind it's just God. It doesn't say which God, or what God is, it simply says God.
I have no issue with God being in the pledge, especially since God can just interpreted as a higher power. It doesn't have to necessarily be the Christian version of God, it can be whatever God you want it to be. Even if there are people who don't believe in God, they don't have to mean it if they say it. Maybe just plain belief in nothing is their God.
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:50 pm
I hate it. I don't think this should be allowed in schools. When we say the pledge and the say "One Nation Under god" I just say "Indivisible" when they say under good.
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:27 pm
Dr Rotinaj I hate it. I don't think this should be allowed in schools. When we say the pledge and the say "One Nation Under god" I just say "Indivisible" when they say under good. alright =3 yeah we're supposed to have church and state separate, but blah. whatever. we don't get to choose things.
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:50 pm
1. The seperation of church and state is to keep the government from establishing a national religion. ANY religion. So while I agree that forcing kids to say it is wrong, I also believe that telling people who want to say it that they can't is violating THEIR rights. Ever think of that? *yes, I on the side of "Don't like, don't say".*
2. Just because someone says it doesn't mean they believe it. Hell, I hear athiests say it all the time at school, and never once is it taken as, "Oh, they believe in a higher being." Like people have said, it's mainly just a genralization. The people who wrote the pledge believed in a god. We're saying their words and what they believed, not necessarily what people believe now. So you can view it as empty in meaning as you want.
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