When you hear a child pledging allegiance does it give you a feeling of pride and future protection? Or do you think of it as just something cute to hear kids say?
2007-02-07 11:33:01 · 15 answers · asked by Tracy 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
People should give allegiance to God alone. What is allegiance ?
Websters dictionary defines it as "devotion or loyalty to a person, group, or cause"
Only God deserves exclusive devotion and loyalty.
2007-02-07 14:04:49 · answer #1 · answered by Micah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually i consider it a travesty...either with or without the under god phrase. Most younger kids don't have any idea what words like pledge, allegiance, republic, liberty, indivisibile even mean; let alone the meaning of the entire thing. I knew several growing up that when they did know what all the words meant they stopped saying it, myself included.
It is an oath and young children (under 13) should not be forced to take any such oath without having the full ramifications of what it means explained to them and those over 13 should be given a choice as to whether they say it or not.
2007-02-07 11:41:57 · answer #2 · answered by kveldulf_gondlir 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably about half of the ones who can spell it which would put it around 5%. I wouldn't limit it to children. I doubt most adults understand it.
As an atheist, I skip over "under god" for religious reasons. For political reasons I also skip over "indivisible" because even though the south was wrong and the idea was stupid, secession should have been permitted under the Constitution. Looking back, the south leaving might have been the best thing that could have happened to the north.
If you really want a difficult pledge, how many people understand what pledging your troth means?
2007-02-07 11:38:42 · answer #3 · answered by Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kids are'nt as stupid as you think and I would say most know exactly what there pledging to. Whether or not they take it serious is a different thing because as you and I know it's hard to take anything serious when you're a kid. It's most likely seen as that dumb and boring saying we have to stand and say every morning, but the lucky Jehovah's Witness kid does'nt have to. Most rational people grow up to realize that people are the same all over the world so it does'nt matter if the guy next door is an American because he could still be an A hole.
2007-02-07 11:49:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pledge of Allegiance was taken out of my school, it makes me mad.
I think it should be said to help the kids learn what it means.
2007-02-07 11:37:40 · answer #5 · answered by Jo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd be surprised if a 4th of my high school knew what it meant. Heck, I don't even know what it means. It's too bad that the pledge of allegiance has turned into nothing but a ritualistic recital that every school kid performs and chants every weekday...
2007-02-07 11:42:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even as a child, I wondered how one pleges "allegiance" to a flag. Does one do whatever the flag says? Does the flag actually talk or does it communicate symbolically somehow? I could never tell what the other kids were thinking.
2007-02-07 11:41:01 · answer #7 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
0% under 10 years of age. Maybe the percentage goes up after that. But, I'm not guessing by much. I'm guessing that it's something that usually makes parents proud to hear, so the kids are happy to follow and say it.
2007-02-07 11:37:21 · answer #8 · answered by froggypjs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd say 5%. A little bit of both when listening to a child say the pledge to the flag.
2016-05-24 04:45:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say less than 15% of the total population, including adults, have thought about it much at all.
2007-02-07 11:36:51 · answer #10 · answered by Contemplative Monkey 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋