Im talking about the pledge of allegence, money, etc. Should we get rid of it or is it too much trouble?
2006-10-29 14:21:39 · 28 answers · asked by Shifter 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yup. I've got a fairly long-winded arguement as to why "under God" should be removed from the Pledge as it wasn't there when the Pledge was originally written back in 1892. But to spare everyone that, heh, I'll just post a favorite link of mine that has a good history of the Pledge for that.
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=16480
Needless to say "under God" has simply got to go.
Same for "In God We Trust" as that was made the national motto in 1956 to replace E Pluribus Unum(Latin for "Many out of One" or "Out of One, Many"...which seems more suited to what America stands for than anything else far as I'm concerned). Considering the era of McCarthyism and Cold War in 1956, that explains a lot to the replacement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_pluribus_unum
Frankly, I'd rather hear E Pluribus Unum as a national motto for a pluralistic society than "In God We Trust", which certainly discriminates against non-Christians in saying that America trusts in God, but not Allah, Buddha, Krishna, etc.
I don't think it's too much trouble to make a few minor changes(for that's all they are, minor. Switch mottos, snip a couple of words, not that hard...) and make the government truly neutral and secular in protecting all walks of life and religions. People just don't want to make an effort, especially an unpopular one, no matter how much it works to serve the common good.
2006-10-30 07:22:39 · answer #1 · answered by Ophelia 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That would entail, among other things, editing the original documents that formed the foundation of this country, currency and coin, and we'd be chiseling LOTS of sculptures and inscriptions off of gov't. buildings as well as covering over lots of murals. Just for starters.
We've a good dent in it over the last 50-60 years and a casual look around will reveal what a self-absorbed, self-centered, culture we've bred.
I would suggest we're heading in the wrong direction.
2006-10-29 14:31:26 · answer #2 · answered by WindWalker10 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
America was founded (be it the wrong way to do it) on "christian" laws and principals. Why should we take "God" out of everything when He is the center of our laws, conduct, etc....? If we do we should just start over and change the name of the country along with the laws and everything that has been used from the Cristian religion to shape who we are as a country.
2006-10-29 14:41:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Of course we should - if you think we are truly ready to reap the consequences. Look what happened just since we've removed prayer from schools.
God will not go where He is not wanted. As a society if we make the choice to REMOVE Him we must be willing to accept the chaos, destruction and reprobate society that will follow.
I say let's keep Him in.
2006-10-29 14:27:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
No. Much of the world as you know it now was based on religion and values stemming from it, including justice, honesty and freedom. The belief in "God" is universal. Why remove the word "god"?.
What will you replace it with?
2006-10-29 14:31:15 · answer #5 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sure, lets just toss it out along with decency, discipline, accountability, compassion, respect and everything else that is of value. A true liberal state can achieved as a result of the anarchy.
2006-10-29 14:26:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why sould we?.. This nation was founded in the base of religion, only those who proclaim the 'political correctness' will endorse something of that sort, who are them? the liberals..God and religion is the reason that this Country is so great, look at countries in the rest of the world, what are they? are you an american or an allien trying to bring your ideas here?..☺
2006-10-29 14:35:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
No, America was born based on Judeo-Christian values. Our founding documents were written by God fearing people in the hopes that the citizens would be "kept in line" by their Creator's rules in addition to what was/is law.
2006-10-29 14:26:32 · answer #8 · answered by Mom of One in Wisconsin 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
no, don't let the secular progressive right loonies get into your head. the for fathers put the separation of church and state in the constitution to protect the church, not the state. It is OK to have god in our pledge and on our money. In our schools and public places.
2006-10-29 14:25:25 · answer #9 · answered by 007 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yes, we should also get rid of any law that has a moral implication that is an any way similar to ANY religious moral belief, or that was writtes, supported, or passed by anyone whose religious belief was a factor in that process...
and yes I AM being serious in this
2006-10-29 14:24:22 · answer #10 · answered by kveldulfgondlir 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋