In the Pledge of Allegiance, would you rather have "under God." removed, or allow people to say "Under God/Gods/Goddess/Satan/ect" to be said? Just wondering how many of you know what freedom of religion really means.
2007-07-17 16:03:22 · 15 answers · asked by Gothic Shadow 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For crying out loud people I'm not asking because someone's MAKING me do anything! I'm asking because all I hear is people want "under God" back in the pledge of allegiance (pepsi printed the pledge without "under God" and people are throwing a fit) Well if you really want so called freedom of religion, are you willing to accept that some people might express a different religion?
2007-07-17 16:21:04 · update #1
Personally, I would rather ALL reference to Diety be removed entirely so that NO religion recieves "official recognition" by our Government. The founding Fathers were made up of a WIDE range of Religions and NON-Religions. They did NOT want ANY one group to feel as though it had an inherent right to become dominant. This is where the modern concept of "Seperation of Church and State" arose. Franklin, Jefferson, John Adams, and Jay were ALL Free Thinkers (although they listed themselves by the Religion that they were RAISED in. By TODAY'S standards they would have considered themselves Agnostics or even Pagans. The rest were SOME denomination of Christianity. But they ALL knew that the newly formed Nation was composed of a WIDE range of religious beliefs, some that did NOT include Jesus as a part of their Beliefs. They KNEW that to exclude any one Religion would be inferring that any other could be exluded from our society, as well. So, they eliminated Religious participation from the role of government on purpose, so that NO ONE would be excluded or marginalized.
Raji the Green Witch
2007-07-17 16:21:08 · answer #1 · answered by Raji the Green Witch 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Does your religion forbid you from saying the word God? Does it require you to say the pledge of allegiance? Because if you say no to either of those, I think you are safe. Freedom of religion means the government isn't going to tell you what to believe, it doesn't mean it has to erase our heritage. If the government ever required you to say it with the phrase under God, and arrested your omitting it, or not saying the pledge at all, then you would have a point. But the freaking thing is optional. You have the freedom to say it however you want. I don't know why freedom of religion should mean "We can't ever mention God, less we piss off some atheist or the ACLU."
2007-07-17 23:11:00 · answer #2 · answered by The GMC 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why is somebody forcing you to say the Pledge of
Allegiance because you do not have to
participate and just what it means freedom from religion
2007-07-17 23:16:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If ya don't like it, don't say it. Has anyone been dragged to jail for NOT saying the The Pledge of allegiance? This is a free country, no ones gonna make you say it.
2007-07-17 23:10:17 · answer #4 · answered by ellen 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
mostly i dont care maybe instead of god it should be god(s) or say aaaah when it comes to you what ever you want to say or read it shouldnt and doesnt really matter because i just some symbolic thing that most people are attached to but are really less religious than they say anyhow
2007-07-17 23:09:44 · answer #5 · answered by gangsterpistol 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It don't matter to me, but I'll tell my child they dont have to participate. There is, and should be a division of the church and state, other wise we are no better than those theocracies that run the mid east.
2007-07-17 23:12:28 · answer #6 · answered by runic111 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there's a freedom to choose, but a lack to accept one God!
2007-07-17 23:08:28 · answer #7 · answered by didnotknow123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The original poem didn't have "under God" in it and it made a lot more sense.
One nation, indivisible...
Sounds a lot prettier to me.
2007-07-17 23:08:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
define "god"?
Really, everyone worships something. Whether it be religion, wealth, possesions, science, everyone has something for which their adoration could be termed "worship". As such, everyone has a "god" under which they stand.
(For instance, do you not find it ironic that the phrase "In God We Trust", is written on all US currency?)
2007-07-17 23:07:28 · answer #9 · answered by Tim 47 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
To me 'freedom of' is clearly a choice which includes 'freedom from'.
2007-07-17 23:08:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋