If our founding fathers and mothers so strongly believed in religious rights and we as a nation adopted the pledge of allegiance do we not have the right to keep God in the pledge?
2006-07-03 05:35:39 · 26 answers · asked by pattyannd 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Under God was added to the pledge it was not originally there. And some of us think that we shouldn't have to pledge allegiance to God to pledge allegiance to the flag. And since the founding fathers did put something in the constitution that says religion and government should not mix....why the hell is it in there at all?
Go pledge allegiance to God at church and let government worry about real problems.
2006-07-03 05:40:23 · answer #1 · answered by Franklin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
OK for one thing there is no such thing as separation of Church and state, here is why. Our founding fathers had a deep belief if god and of Jesus Christ and in Christianity. Just read some of the old proven documents of Hancock, Washington, Adams, Ben Franklin and all those old chaps, they had a strong belief in the creator of our earth, and they intertwined god into the bill of rights, the constitution, while they reserved the right for everyone to have a free religion, because being a believer, it says in the bible that we should treat all people right, no matter, and to never give up on a person no matter there situation, and to always trust in god and have faith, and to walk like Jesus did and to conform your life like his.....but to answer your question no we should not take out god from the pledge just for the fact that our fathers pledged there allegiance to this country under god and that god in a sense was there co signer, when this great FREE nation was started......
2006-07-03 12:56:13 · answer #2 · answered by ridinthestormout83 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you do know that the words "under god" were NOT in the Pledge of Allegiance; they were added later. That is part of the objection that some people have.
And as for the founding fathers and mothers, MANY of them believed that slavery was OK. That doesn't mean that we should feel that way now; the things that we think are important can change. So I don't think that we should leave that in the pledge on the basis that our founders were religious.
2006-07-03 12:43:04 · answer #3 · answered by Tikhacoffee/MisterMoo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I personally believe that the Pledge of Allegiance (as is) is part of our heritage. I do not think it should be changed because now it is considered "politically incorrect". I firmly believe that kids should be taught the Pledge as part of American history. However, I also feel that if a child or a child's parents do not want it said, that is their right. But they should just sit quietly during the recitation. That's the way it was when I was a kid and no one complained then. I don't see why it should change now.
2006-07-03 12:42:31 · answer #4 · answered by Erin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
IF it's kept you know there's to be consequences. The fact that in one of the lines it states "Under God" etc. doesn't make it seem so patriotic as it would seem with out it. Because "God" is used in the pledge it becomes a whole other ball game, a religious one, because God is belief -a religious one. Also, the original words to the pledge didn't use the words "God" in them until 1954, when congress added them in after the Knights of Columbus campaigned about it.
2006-07-03 13:00:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not.
I'm sure I will be corrected if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that separation of church and state isn't actually implicitly stated in the Constitution...it is interpreted, which has led to much debate over what the First Amendment actually entails. I believe the phrase originated somewhat from a letter that Jefferson wrote saying something to the effect of "a wall of separation between church and state."
In my own interpretation of the amendment, I'd say that the government has no right to establish a law banning "under God" anyway, so there shouldn't be anything to worry about.
2006-07-03 12:50:43 · answer #6 · answered by Kari 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never had any problem with the word God being either in the pledge or on our money.
But please understand that God is a concept, a desire to believe in something that there is no real physical proof of.
Because God is a concept ALL Americans, Christians and non-believers, should be able to adapt that concept to their own personal beliefs.
We're asking non-Christians to pledge to a God they see no proof, we're asking all Americans to pledge allegiance to a concept of freedom based on common moral standards.
2006-07-03 12:50:59 · answer #7 · answered by Doc Watson 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When a criminal goes before a judge in court, he/she is asked
to tell the truth, the whole truth, so help me God. Does that
prevent him/her from lying about themselves . I think that same
reasoning should be applied to the pledge of allegiance.
2006-07-03 12:50:06 · answer #8 · answered by Scooter 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I keep thinking about the whole separation of church and state. So, God does not belong in a pledge of allegiance to the government.
2006-07-03 12:39:05 · answer #9 · answered by poohu812many 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am moderately liberal and an atheist, but above all I am American. It is been part of the pledge for too long to take it out now. Don't mess with the pledge. If people are offended by it, they need to chill.
2006-07-03 12:51:06 · answer #10 · answered by beren 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋