i am writing a speech that "UNDER GOD" shouldn't be in the plege of alliegence?

Question

please, if you couuld, give me some statements of the topic and what you would write if you had this assignment.

Answer 1

Originally, it wasn't in there

It was added in the '50s as a way to distinguish our nation's Pledge of Allegiance from the Communists by affirming our religious belief

Answer 2

Danial. Tosh is an *** who has *lost his tail, and is not acceptable, people who laugh at him are just as bad too!Comedian don't have rights over others, and by being what he is, he could have lost a lot of audience also already, we just don't know for sure. Not really a double standard, it only seems that way, if he had accused the president or someone in that catagory, then maybe some charges would have taken place, but because he is a NOBODY in all actuality, no one dose anything, but quietly complain like this. it appears also, here on Q & A., many just spool out their hate; hate against women, against gays, and Atheists, but it dose no good, people should put their energy where it will do more good. lobbying against the foul mouthed persons, and make new laws!

Answer 3

the phrase under god was never originally in the pledge of allegiance, the original version went like this.....

I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

The original version was written by Francis Bellamy who was a Christian Socialist and a Baptist minister (a Baptist minister wrote this a did not feel pretentious enough to include under god)

How the the words under god were added because of the Knights of Columbus in New York felt that without any reference to a deity the pledge was incomplete and thus in 1951 those that belonged to this catholic group started to recite the pledge with the under god phrase and about a year and half later all the chapters started reciting this phrase. Which lends credence to what I have always said, you keep repeating something over and over again and you get enough people to recite it with you it will be believed that this is always the way it was.

So what does this say about our little society? When you get politics and religion working together things change and change to the point that people will believe that no matter what came before it was incorrect and needs to be fixed when it was not broken to begin with.

Wow from reading the previous posts...holy sh*t!!!! some people are nuts. It appears that those that have given an opinion here have no friggin clue when under god was added or by whom. Also for that matter who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance in the first damn place!

Answer 4

This is an argument with asshats on both sides. First off, I don't believe the phrase was even in the original, but added due to the demand of nutjobs and became required for kids to say sometime in the 40s or 50s I believe.
On the other hand, this country was never founded on “separation of church and state.“ That doctrine came from activist judges scores later, not from our founders.
I say just get rid of the pledge.

Answer 5

On June 14Th, 1956. President Eisenhower signed a congressional resolution which added the words "under God" to the The Pledge of Allegiance. That is historical fact, God should be removed as it was never intended to be there in the first place.

Answer 6

Malik is correct. It was not there originally. The founders of this country founded it because they wanted to be free of religious persecution. For anyone to change the pledge and put "God" in there is wrong... it completely goes against the foundation of this country... to some extent, making the pledge invalid.

In fact, it has been argued that pledging allegiance to the flag is wrong by Christian standards. It is seen as a form of idolatry.

Answer 7

You think you should pledge your allegience to a state, including the flag and indivisibility? Why not just go for the gold and say scrap the whole thing.

But I do think it needs addressing that the Constitution was founded on the Declaration principle of self-evident, inalienable rights bestowed by a Creator. Especially if you are arguing "under God" violates these rights - you would ultimately end up with a gigantic paradox if you leave that unaddressed.

Answer 8

1. It's a violation of the Establishment Clause (fails the Lemon test)

2. It's not the original wording. How would you feel if you wrote something and then people stuck 'under God' someplace in the middle where you didn't have it originally?

3. It's really viciously ironic to split up the phrase 'one nation indivisible'.

4. It doesn't scan as well with 'under God' in there. Some consideration should be given to aesthetics.

Answer 9

- The first Amendment prohibits Congress from passing any law respecting the establishment of religion, and that's exactly what they did when they changed the pledge

- The US was established as a secular nation intentionally, as reaffirmed by George Washington in the Treaty of Tripoly:
"In no way is the US a Christian nation..."

- The US is a republic, not a theocracy. There are monotheists, atheists, polytheists, and everything else living peacefully together. We do not unite 'under god'. We unite on libertarian principles.

Answer 10

I don't know if you believe in God or not, but here's my reasoning:
God made everything; the galaxies, the universe, the earth, the continents, and countries, etc.
To say that this country is "under God" implies that God loves this country more than the others. That is embarrassingly arrogant to assume.
For God so loved the world. Who's to say God's playing favorites?

Answer 11

Just say "UNDER NOTHING". Because we are nothing but dust in the wind. We just think we exist anyway. Nothing is real. Why should we even pledge alliegence to anything or anyone anyway? Is America the new God?