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Originally posted by Mojo_PeiPei
You have no leg to stand on incinuating that it is forcing Christian anything on people. God is a universal word, just because you and your agenda will it to take a Christian conotation doesn't mean it does.
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I never used the word Christian in my discussion, I said a monotheistic faith. The Pledge of Allegiance specifically refers to "God" (the capital "G" is rather important), which is extensively used in the Bible to refer to God and God alone. Other deities are referred to as "gods" in the lowercase, but there is only one "God."
I would be equally opposed to the idea of a religious reference in the Pledge of Allegiance if it were Allah, Buddah, Confucious, or the Great Pumpkin. As much as you would like to think I am opposed to Christianity, and that I possess an "agenda" that works against the faith neither suggestions are true. America was founded on the principal that all men are created equal, and the Constitution protects this in part by preventing the government from passing laws that support or oppress religion. Not just specific faiths, but the concept of religion itself.