What is the difference between a "pledge" and a "prayer"?

Question

reciting an oath to a piece of fabric that represents manmade borders is pretty much like attempting to communicate with a religious diety that you have never seen or met, right?

so far....ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

you clowns do know there is a difference between patriotism and jingoism, right?

same old boring answers I got beaten into my head back in the 1960's when the Russians were coming to take away our bibles and our guns...try something new, would ya?

Answer 1

a prayer is when you get on your knees like your gonna blow put you hands in front of your face like your gonna clap and beg ow beg so much to your false hope or comfort blanket "god" or "gods" you beg like you've never begged before maybe clinch your but cheeks really tight and hope for a miracle.

now a pledge is something brainwashed idiots do well so far I'm also describing a prayer. a pledge is a oath or a thank you to a "piece of fabric that represents man made borders" instead of thanking people. i guess there both fuc ked up both used by brainwashed idiots and both stupid in so many words. the one nation under god in the pledge is basically a way of our country saying hey *** hole believe what we tell you don't question we own your asses

Answer 2

Giving oath to a flag that represents freedom is NOT the same as religious prayer. That piece of fabric represents over 200 years of development and freedom for billions of people. If a person cannot address this by pledging their loyalty to the U.S., then they have no business in this country, plain and simple.

Religious prayer is to our creator. If you don't like it, don't pray. But this country was founded under the Judo-Christian principle. The framers of the Constitution spent a full week away from work to attend their respective churches and pray. They did this because they believed and prayed for God's guidance in writing the Constitution so that ALL men could be free. They were careful in how it was worded and wrote it the way it originally appeared for a reason.

So, there is a difference. But when people say the Pledge of Allegiance, they should do so with an ultimate respect for this nation.

Answer 3

Did they run out of room in r&s, so you had to come over here to start a fight?

If you are talking about the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America... let me help you understand.
A pledge is a promise to do what is right and just to uphold the freedoms we have, it is true that freedom is not a tactile object and land borders are manmade. None the less the promise is not to the land, nor to it's government per se...the promise is to the citizens past, present and future.... to maintain freedom for everyone.
Now... as far as comparing a pledge to a prayer. Sometimes when I am praying to my Holy Father, I often pledge to commit my life to maintaining the freedom he has given me, and while you obviously do not believe, it is erroneous to assume that your disbelief means that God doesn't exist.

Answer 4

A prayer is to either give thanks, make a request or to reaffirm your belief in "God" however you conceive him to be or by what name you call him/her.
A pledge is an oath that your are swearing allegiance to something; a country, a person, place or thing. When we say the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag, we are really pledging allegiance to America, not to the flag itself.

Answer 5

A pledge is a statement of action or outcome that you can control and commit to doing (possibly yourself)...

a prayer is a hope or request for a specific uncertain outcome...hence the oft repeated "please god or help me
god...pray actually means hope in some contexts.

Answer 6

A pledge is a promise and a prayer is a question.

Answer 7

"Pledge" creates an obligation on your part, "prayer" on your creator's.