Christian Perspective On American Pledge Of Allegiance

[R. S. Martin]

It's one of those chain letters that is forwarded to everyone on your mailing list so I'm sure nationality and religion have nothing to do with it. It's a long letter and I didn't read all of it but this paragraph grabbed my attention:

 

"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding,

severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, "Are we sure this is a

good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"

 

I'm thinking: Typical sensationalist spin. Maybe if people stopped focusing so much energy on all that's going wrong and wringing their hands in despairing prayer to a nonexistent god, they would have some energy to see the sunshine and the things that are going right. Then maybe they would have energy to deal with the problems, too.

[mwc]

"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding,

severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, "Are we sure this is a

good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"

I'm thinking "What the fuck GOOD is it DOING???"

 

mwc

[Vigile]

That's hilarious. It might as well read, "It's harvest season. Are we sure we can afford not to sacrifice a virgin?" Or, "It hasn't rained in weeks. Are we sure we want to remove the rain dance from the weekly itinerary?"

[mwc]

"It's harvest season. Are we sure we can afford not to sacrifice a virgin?"

Thanks for reminding me. Gotta put that into the old PDA. You can never be too careful with the harvest.

 

 

mwc

[R. S. Martin]

You're getting my point, folks. Better said than I could. Thanks!

[pitchu]

Very funny thread, everybody. I needed the chuckles.

[R. S. Martin]

 

[ShackledNoMore]

If it bears out that human activities, closely tied to the xian doctrine of man having dominion over the earth, has a role in these hurricanes and severe weather, and with terrorist attacks resulting from one tribe thinking its imaginary god is better than the other tribe's imaginary god, are we sure this is a good time to keep god in the pledge of allegiance?

 

(BTW, it's a good thing OTHER countries don't have severe weather problems. It's a REALLY good thing that at least we don't have to worry about tsunamis.)

[Robbobrob]

My mom bombards me with this kind of chain mail tripe (usually after recieving it from my very Catholic cousin) all the time. I get the put god back in school, the put the ten commandments on courthouse steps, and all the rest. Very annoying.

 

Since Christians love to connect patriotism and God, especially after President Bush's now infamous Atheists are not Patriots speech, I wonder how they explain away this:

 

"Shake off all the fear and servile prejudices under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, then that of blindfolded fear." - Thomas Jefferson, writer of the Declaration of Independence AND 3rd President of the United States

 

Guess he was the original second class citizen.

[R. S. Martin]

I just never forward these things. I find I get along just fine without the prayers and good wishes and blessings of the five people I don't send it to.