Do athist's say the Pledge of Alligence, but stutter when they come to that part?
2007-09-05 04:46:09 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It refers to whatever god the speaker wishes it to be. Atheists do what they are comfortable with. Some mumble, some just skip it and wait to rejoin at "with liberty..." and still others sue the school system to have it removed.
2007-09-05 04:52:23 · answer #1 · answered by Spiral Wizard 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The phrase "under God" was added to the Pledge in 1954 to set America apart from the evil, godless commies (which I say with a certain amount of humor). So there's a good chance it's intended to refer to the Christian God.
Of course I can't speak for all atheists, but I tend to ignore the pledge. But not really because of the "under God"-- if I ever say the pledge, I just skip that part. It wasn't in the Pledge when it was written, and I personally think it doesn't belong there, but it doesn't really bother me that much. But I don't generally say the pledge anyway. Think about it: the flag is a symbol. Period. You can respect a symbol, you can uphold a symbol, you can revere a symbol. But why would you pledge your allegiance to a symbol? I'm not trying to be unpatriotic-- of course not-- but I think the whole idea of the Pledge to the flag is a bit absurd. It's a symbol-- if you really want children across America to stand up every morning and chant their allegiance to the country, that's all good and well, but cut out the middle man. Anyway, that's how I see it.
2007-09-05 12:26:37 · answer #2 · answered by KJohnson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im not athiest.....idk what i am. i guess you could call it agnostic. I have a hard time believing in god and stuff so i just don't know what's real. For me personally i skip the under god part. But i also believe that the pledge is for america, americans today have so many beliefs that what ever they feel thier god is they can interpret it to be that way. if that makes any sense. hope this helps.
2007-09-05 12:01:23 · answer #3 · answered by Heather B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the time the pledge was written G-d was more widely accepted by society as a whole and people who were not 'believers' did not say so out loud.They most certainly would have been ostracized.
G-d in your question is the generally accepted creator of the universe.
2007-09-05 11:57:01 · answer #4 · answered by Bemo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Under god refers to the christian god.
As for the 2nd part, if I was American I would refuse to take the pledge as it would be completely invalidated by me saying anything about a fictional entity I don't believe in.
The same would be the case if we had that in the UK, it wouldn't change what I felt about my country though
2007-09-05 12:21:39 · answer #5 · answered by Weatherman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A monotheistic godhead. Look, I'm a Florida citizen, and the state flag has either a cross or something left over from the Confederacy! As a citizen I would still pledge allegiance to it.
2007-09-05 11:56:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're talking about the Christian God, because the people who wrote the pledge believed in that God. Atheists probably just chant along and don't really think about it.
2007-09-05 11:53:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it refers to the god that whoever wrote the pledge of allegiance in the first place worshipped.
2007-09-05 15:13:20 · answer #8 · answered by Julian G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im an agnostic, and I just skip it.
But it refers to whatever God you believe in.
2007-09-05 11:51:22 · answer #9 · answered by h_a 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They skip it and then try to have laws made to tell the rest of us we cant say it.
2007-09-09 02:55:45 · answer #10 · answered by K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋