I dont! i dont c why anyone would! im a Christian and have been for a while now and I will not stand for it! My gosh, they let ppl teach evolution in school but they think "under God" should be removed for the pledge! Wow!
2007-12-31 09:16:39 · 114 answers · asked by ♥ℓιℓмιѕѕρяιѕѕ♥ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think it should stay in forever!
2007-12-31 09:32:16 · update #1
Wow I am a proud Christian and No I would not support it. No way. I would like to find a way to bring god back into our schools and work and life all together.
2007-12-31 09:19:13 · answer #1 · answered by ?? yaddajean ?? 6 · 5⤊ 20⤋
"Under God" was not originally in the Pledge. It was added back in the 1940's. It does imply non-inclusion for all non-Judao-Christian believers. It also makes the pledge something many people of other faiths will not say, since it implies pledging belief in the Judao-Christian faith, as well, which it what was intended by adding it. The Ledge of Allegience should include the values of our nation, which was founded on the principles of religious freedom. The Pledge of Allegiance has been made non-secular by adding "under God" and if we want it to be used by citizens other than Christians or Jews, we should remove it. The pledge was intended to be for the State, not the Church. Evangelists put it in there and ruined the pledge as a unifying element for Americans. They have spoiled it. It should be restored to what it once was - a pledge to our country in all of its strength and derived from its diversity.
2008-01-01 08:42:51 · answer #2 · answered by Amy R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I do. I think it is a violation of the First Amendment to have it in there, and also to have "in God we trust" on money. However, I'm more concerned with your reason for thinking it should remain.
You don't see why anyone would object to having reference to God in a pledge of allegiance? It feels to many (including myself) that one is effectively pledging allegiance to God. Whether or not there is such a being, the pledge is to the FLAG and to the COUNTRY. That means the First Amendment prohibits establishing any religious connotations to such a pledge.
2008-01-01 00:24:30 · answer #3 · answered by auntb93 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely NOT, this country was founded under God and we need to keep this in mind. People who only say "Happy Holidays" instead of Merry CHRISTmas also get on my nerves.
2007-12-31 21:50:09 · answer #4 · answered by Ralph C 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes I would support it. It doesn't belong there. This isn't a Christian nation, nor is our government in anything but rotten and corrupt to the core. I don't want to be in the way when God decides to put an end to it, out of the sheer hypocrisy of stating "under God" and being so utterly corrupt.
2007-12-31 09:31:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!! The founding fathers put it in there and we are "One nation under God. All references to God should stay. This was a nation that was saved for religious freedom in the last days.
2007-12-31 09:21:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 8⤋
I think that it should not be taken out of the pledge. and it is so weird that people even made up evolution and that other people believe it. these days people are going to such extremes to get God out of the picture.
2007-12-31 09:20:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 9⤋
It probably should go because not everyone believes in it and some people are actually offended by it. Public schools are "state" and there is supposed to be a separation of church and state. And no, I'm not an atheist - just open minded.
2007-12-31 09:20:31 · answer #8 · answered by kiddkosmic 4 · 9⤊ 2⤋
No: Colossians 1:16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
2007-12-31 09:19:59 · answer #9 · answered by Fulmin8r 2 · 3⤊ 7⤋
I understand it to mean under truth, in any religion.
2007-12-31 09:19:41 · answer #10 · answered by hog b 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋
nope..its rediculus for people to want to change the tradition..if osmeone is impaticularly against it then they dont have to say it but thers no reason to make a big deal out of it
2007-12-31 09:19:37 · answer #11 · answered by Jen-jen 3 · 2⤊ 15⤋