does it bug anyone else that the pledge of allegiance has ithe words "one nation under god"?

Question

it annoys me because it's like we're not all believers of god and america is very diverse with lots of different religions

Answer 1

Yes it bugs me. It wasn't originally there. It's time to take it back out.

atheist

Answer 2

The money thing doesn't bother me. I use coin currency to scrape gum off my shoe. There is also no rule that says you have to read it (for a while it was required that you recite and/or stand for the pledge in schools). I do think it would be more respectful to have it off of money. Money is also just an object.

As for the pledge, it is what represents our nation. So why would we put something that is religious (I know it doesn't point out which god but it assumes everyone has some sort of god figure) as the header for a nation that fas founded on the ideals of religious freedom?

Answer 3

Actually, it didn't at first. I would either not say those words or I would simply say them with no emotion attached to it.

Then, someone brought up a good point: this is our nation's PLEDGE. Here's what he said:

"If you are a citizen of another country and wish to become a legal citizen, you must take an oath by saying the pledge of allegiance. In doing so you are affirming the following:
*Promise your loyalty to the Flag itself.
*Promise your loyalty to your own and the other 49 States.
*Promise your loyalty to the Government that unites us all,
Recognizing that we are ONE Nation under God,
That we can not or should not be divided or alone,
And understanding the right to Liberty and Justice belongs to ALL of us."

It's basically a way for the government to exclude atheists, like when George Bush Sr. suggested atheists aren't citizens because the US is a nation under God. THAT is something I have a problem with.

Edit: Jiloth7, you disgust me. Accepting lies as truth? Wtf. You don't have any proof of your religion, so you might as well shut up. Mormons, Muslims, atheists, Jews, Catholics, and whatever else are just as right as you are. Nobody has any proof for their beliefs so everyone's beliefs have the same amount of validity.

Answer 4

the ONE nation and INDIVISIBLE parts are what it's all about, and they'd bother me some if I was of a mind to be bothered. They're what it's all about, that pledge.

The didn't add 'under God' until around 1957. Took a hell of a while to figure out where it was supposed to be inserted.

They could have sold tickets just to hear a stadium full of people trying to say the Pledge for a couple of years afterward.

Answer 5

It bugs me to say the pledge of allegiance itself! I don't want to give my consent to some piece of fabric that is a symbol for a country that enslaved and murdered my ancestors, native and African! I refuse to stand when the pledge is to be said. If anyone should ever, ever, tell me to stand I will gladly put them back in there place which is to mind their own business.

Answer 6

We are not "above" God, and everyone who doesn't believe in Him in this life will on the day of the final judgment when all believers and non-believers will be called before Him to be sentenced or taken into His kingdom.

We are under Him in every way -- He is perfect and we are imperfect - He is love and mercy and we know next to nothing about love or mercy by comparison - He is wrath and judgment and we don't know what righteous wrath is and we love passing judgment that is more often than not tainted by our sin nature. He is longsuffering - not willing that any should perish but that all people should come to repentance. We are short-tempered and evil and look out for ourselves above everyone else. He gave His only Son to die in our place and we scorn the free gift of salvation and spit on His mercy that is offered to everyone who will believe.

This nation is an affront to God. We kill our babies in the womb, accept perverted lifestyles as normal, use semantics to cover our sin, kick God out of our schools and businesses and government and then say, "God bless America!" This nation is full of hypocrites who don't attend church and many who give lip service to God but have no heart for Him.

I am annoyed that God should be connected with a nation of people who spurn and reject His Son and call themselves the land of the free and the home of the brave. It takes a lot of guts to lie about babies and butcher them in the womb. Talk about hating the Iraq war -- we need to wake up and hate the war on babies. They are the defenseless victims of the gross immorality that runs rampant in this country.

I can understand why you are offended by your unbelief, but religious diversity is not a virtuous thing. It is leading many to accept lies as truth. This nation is not under God by it's own choice - Why worry about those words - they don't carry any weight in Heaven.

Answer 7

Nope, Not at all. If you take it out, most will still say it. Unless you wish to feed us to the lions or cut out our tongues or something like that. So why don't you let us proclaim our pledge as we like and you proclaim yours as you like. Or would yours be more different than that? So much so that eyebrows might be raised?
Just do not say what you don't want to say.

Answer 8

Then don't say the pledge of allegiance.
Or substitute to one nation under Satan.

Answer 9

It would probably bother the MINISTER who deliberately left God OUT of the original when he wrote it, so that people wouldn't say God's name in vain whenever they recited it.

Answer 10

yes it bothers me. Its a blatant endorsement of the Christian faith. It shouldn't be allowed
its very hypocritical that we have seperation of church and state in our constitution but we have "in God we trust" written on our currency and the words "one nation under God" in our pledge of allegiance

Answer 11

"one nation under god" Is a very vague statement.
When a Christian says it, it means Jesus.
When a Jew says it, it means Jehovah.
When a Muslim says it, it means Allah.

Though the writers likely meant it as a reference to the Christian God, they don't specify Him in the reference. This makes it a non-issue for any theistic faith.

As for atheists, just don't say that section if you don't like it. This is a democratic nation and majority still rules - and the majority of Americans are theists. We aren't going to alter our behavior to suit you, nor should we.