2006-10-30 13:07:57 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
No, if you do not like it, do not say it. I am sick of anti Christians who attack any expression of faith. They use the FALSE seperation of church and state concept, which IS NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION.
The First Amendment is where the liberals state the seperation is. This is a bold faced lie. Here is the exact text.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Note that this blantantly contradicts the Supreme Court ruling that bans prayer in school.
I hope all that read this enjoyed the education that will never be taught in a government school nor the communist colleges and universities.
2006-10-30 13:13:09 · answer #1 · answered by Chainsaw 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No it should not be removed. It has been there a long time and I think it would be terrible if they omitted God from the Pledge of Allegiance. People should let and leave things alone that symbolizes our nation under God! So many ppl come to the United States and I am not saying that they are the cause but we could not go over to their countries and changed their laws and regulate the way they live.
2006-10-30 21:20:16 · answer #2 · answered by Carol H 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Although written by a priest, the original pledge did not contain the words "under God." These words were inserted later. At the moment, I can't remember who insisted these words be added. Usually, I don't care about the mention of God, but forcing children to pledge allegiance is indoctrination, an indirect way of establishing a state religion.
2006-10-31 03:55:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No they should not be removed.
This recent poll might interest you also:
NBC had a poll on this question. They had the highest number of responses that they have ever had for one of their polls
86% to keep the words, IN God We Trust and God in the Pledge of Allegiance
14% against.
Majority rules so ..................
2006-10-30 21:26:16 · answer #4 · answered by Akkita 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mageapprentice, well put and I agree in principle. However, the idea of 'God' is a far more powerfull symbol for most folks, spiritual, mental, emotional than the flag or any other material thing would ever be. It would not be in the interests of the nation to eliminate it. The nation is founded on the the Judeo-Christian concept of God, from the laws, moral code yada yada yada. To eliminate it, you would have to tear it all down and start all over again. I believe it has to stay.
2006-10-30 21:34:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should never be taken out.
The arguments to remove God from the Pledge of Allegiance are slim. Mainly, those that wish to remove God from the Pledge is that they don’t want other peoples religion forced upon them, and that God should remain separate from the state.
Here are my arguments.
First off, those that claim saying ‘Under God’ is forcing religion on those that choose not to believe in a higher being, is full of crap. Saying ‘under God’ does not mean you believe in one! And also, by removing God from the pledge and everything else, isn’t that forcing an atheist belief on those that do believe? After all, saying under god means you are pushing a religion on someone…so logically, NOT saying under god means an atheist belief is being pushed on those that do believe.
Now the other argument is that God should remain TOTALLY separate form state.
I agree. Religion should not be forced onto anyone.
BUT! America when founded, was created by God. Our fathers before us believed in a God, and that he blessed this nation. Saying ‘Under God’ in the Pledge is a tradition. It is celebrating our past, and why America was founded.
‘Under God’ should never be taken out.
Oh, and P.S. The world ‘God’ is not mentioning WHAT God.
The Christian God is not named ‘God’! We simply call Him God because it is easier to say God rather than Higher Being, or The Creator, or Jehovah. (I think that is how you spell it) Now as for other gods, such as Allah, he himself is a God! Rather than saying ‘under Allah’ we say under God. And for pagan worshipers, there are gods AND goddesses. And in Pagan beliefs, there is always a ‘father’ God, a God that was the first, or is the head of all the other gods. So, by saying ‘Under God’, pagan worshipers are pledging to the ‘Father’ or ‘Head’ God. Or, they can just choose what god they are pledging to if need-be.
The only people that could possibly have a problem are Atheists who don’t believe in any god. But sadly for them, they are a huge minority. And though our bill-of-rights protect minorities from being harmed by the majority, that doesn’t mean the minority gets to rule over the majority.
Almost 90% of Americans believe in a God or higher being. Is it fair for 90% of the population to change their pledge and such just because 10% after YEARS of dealing with saying ‘under God’ finally throws a fit about it?
No.
2006-10-30 21:33:50 · answer #6 · answered by evellin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes- the United States was founded on one of the principles of separation of church and state, and saying that a secular nation is under God, Allah, Jehovah, or Yahweh is a direct statement of support of a particular religion.
How about-
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,
One nation, under Allah, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all...
Doesn't sit too well with too many people, now does it?
People would immediately protest and say that they don't support the religion of Islam. What about the people that don't believe in ANY kind of deity, whether called God, Allah, whatever? Should they be made to profess allegiance in a deity they don't believe in? Doesn't make sense, does it?
This is a good reason why we have the separation of church and state.
However, I don't see this happening anytime soon- there are too many people that vote with their emotions than with their brains.
2006-10-30 21:19:38 · answer #7 · answered by mageapprentice 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
We're slowly removing God from everything and personally I think it's a real sad situation. This nation was founded "Under God" and we're removing His name??? Might as well make all new money while we're at it. What is a matter with this country anyway??
2006-10-30 21:12:11 · answer #8 · answered by Nancy D 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, it shouldn't. I would imagine the vast majority of people do believe in God or some greater Deity.. however, if an atheist or non believer, they should have the right to substitute the word God, I suppose.
2006-10-30 21:10:42 · answer #9 · answered by Debra H 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Then what for all currency that says In God We trust?
I don't like it when people get GOD mad, because in the Bible and other places....it says revenge belongs to GOD!
2006-10-30 21:10:29 · answer #10 · answered by May I help You? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋