take god out of pledge of allegiance?

Question

with hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, war mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms, tearing up the the country do you think it is a good time to take god out of the pledge of alliagance

Answer 1

i really do not think God will care if you do not say "under god". it would matter more to God if you tried to live like Jesus

Answer 2

Well, with God in our Pledge of Allegiance, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, war mud slides, flooding, and severe thunderstorms are still tearing up the country. So I don't think taking it out will make a difference. I don't think keeping it in will make a difference either. It wont make the country any better or worse. It will have no effect.

When I thought "One nation under God" was part of the original Pledge of Allegiance, I thought the Atheists were jerks for trying to take it out. But when I found out that it is not the original, I now think the Christians were jerks for adding it in. Do you think taking it out will make the country any worse? Do you think leaving it in will make things better? It hasn't yet. Do you think after adding it in, it made the country any better?

Personally, I feel that it does not rightfully belong there, but I don't care if it's in there or not. To answer your question, I don't think it's a good time to take it out, but I don't think it's a bad time either. I think it makes no difference.

Hmm... After reading the answer above me from "Proud to be an American", I think losing the right to pray is a serious issue. People should have that right, if their religion calls for prayer during certain times of the day. Also, if a person believes that prayer will help them through the day, they should be allowed to pray for help, or for whatever other reason they decide to pray for. I wonder though, why I have not heard of this before? Why are people making an emphasis on "Under God", but not for the right to pray? Even Christians seem only to complain about keeping "Under God" in the Pledge, rather than talk about not being allowed to pray? Is this actually true? I don't think it's true. I'm going to do a search on this...

OK, no, the right to pray has not been taken away. Read the article below for more information.

Answer 3

Far to many people have taken the name of GOD out of everything except the all mighty dollar. Sorry to say we have stopped fearing the raft of God and fear the loss of the dollar. Francis Ballamy wrote the pledge of allegiance in 1892, which reflected a christian socialist version of a government-managed economy with political, social,and economic equality for all, in 1954 President Eisenhower added the phrase Under God. In my opinion God bless the memory of IKE. Being lead by the opinion of some, God has been taken out of the schools. The freedom of prayer was taken away. I feel if a person wants to pray they have that right. As I said before God has been taken away far to much this is just another way of doing it. As far as the terrible weather and catastrophes I feel its God telling us hes had enough and we better start taking notice

Answer 4

We are not suppose to have any false gods before us to begin with. I could never understand why people worship a piece of material. It is God not anything else that we are told to worship. And yes I do respect our country and our service men. We need to pray to the Lord not to a flag. Do you really think that saying the pledge of allegiance is really going to save us from anything? Ask any child under the age of 10 the meaning of the pledge of allegiance and most won't know (adults either) It is just something that has been drilled into their heads. How about the word idolatry?

Answer 5

In 1954 President Eisenhower was persuaded to add the words "under God ". So since God was only put in into the pledge at that time do you feel that things have been better since? It used to read one nation, indivisible with liberty and justice....

I think it is a mute point. I don't think it matters much one way or the other. The important thing is how you live your life.

Answer 6

I really do not understand why some people feel so threatened by anything religious. I mean honestly does it physically hurt them somehow if they have to utter the word? I am not a religious person and I never have been, but I do not feel threatened, or ill used when I say the pledge. I don't have convulsions if someone says "God bless you". The idea of separation of church and state has been elevated to an unhealthy extreme in this country. My answer is talk to me about the dangers of religion when someone tries to impose a state supported doctrine which they plan to force me to abide by. Until then I think everyone just needs to get over it.

Answer 7

i'm no longer likely to place in writing 1000 be conscious reaction describing the origins of the Pledge of Allegiance. i will enable you look that up on your man or woman. i will say this to you and each physique who replied. Being an Atheist, a Buddhist, a Muslim, or a Jehovah's Witness, shouldn't count number. as long as you do no longer infringe on anyones rights to declare the Pledge, you shouldn't be punished. You requested the question "is this perfect?". i think of in case you may ask then you definitely comprehend it wasn't. you may not be compelled to recite any pledge or oath. Now to all you people who say "in case you do no longer like it depart and locate yet another united states of america" it quite is my united states of america too. i do no longer want to depart. and that i do no longer could depart. NOsfishin. i to served my united states of america interior the militia for some years. i might ask you why did you serve? To be commemorated? So human beings might desire to be grateful? I served so human beings might have the nicely suited to be ungrateful, so as that they might have the nicely suited to speak up and declare me a toddler killer in the event that they had to. residing with freedoms ability freedom for all, or it particularly is going to propose no longer something.

Answer 8

God is not punishing us because He is in the Pledge of Allegiance.

God is punishing us for not believing in Him, and giving in to fear and electing George Walker Bush for a second time because he played on that fear.

Why else would God make things happen that the National Guard could help with, when they aren't around to help?
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Answer 9

This probably is the best reasoning I've ever heard for the removal of God from the pledge. Really. No, really, I mean it. Who's laughing? Where's that laughing coming from?

Answer 10

No.

And, everyone needs to realize we ARE a Christian country. It's been that way since we were founded.

We believe we have rights given to us by our creator. The founding fathers believed in a supreme creator. Many of them believed in a Christian god. They simply didn't agree on the doctrinal differences amongst the different churches, since at the time there was no evidence of a pure, true Christian church.

Answer 11

Yes, I think it's entirely appropriate that people are not required to pledge allegiance to god just so they can pledge allegiance to the country....

The "under god" phrase was added in the 1950s. It wasn't in the original pledge.