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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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God isn't universal.
Let me emphasize this even though it has already been mentioned: NOT EVERYONE BELIEVES IN A GOD. For a pledge to have meaning it should be written so that people aren't excluded from honestly taking it. You can't honestly pledge allegiance to a nation under god if you don't believe in god. It makes the pledge meaningless to a significant portion of americans(not that it wasn't completely meaningless already).
Furthermore, there are thousands of ways in which america is not a nation under god. Here's a few: we treat poor people and the sick like garbage. We worship money more than virtue. We wear clothing made of mixed fabric.
To all those who think they would be censored be the removal of under god: let me aquaint you with one of your own arguments: No one would be forcing you not to say under god. Actually it would just mean taking "under god" out of the pledge. You could still say it.
America is not under god. Democracy is the antithesis of religion. God doesn't need your vote in november and god isn't bound by anything as insignificant as a constitution. What is the point of having a democracy if your implicit belief is that it is really being ruled under the power of an unquestionable diety? It jsut doesn't make any sense.