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Ustwo · 10-15-2003, 09:04 PM

I'm an atheist. I've been one since I was 8 years old, (figured it out sitting in a church no less), and I could care LESS if the pledge says under god or not.

You get freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion. If my children are like me and god free, I'll tell them to do what I do and just say it and not worry about it. I love this country dearly, and if it makes a lot of people happy to say under god, I'm not going to get in their way.

Issues like this bring out the worst in people. Some atheists seem to make being an atheist their substitute for religion. As long as people aren't forcing you to slaughter a goat to Baal or give a tithe to the local church, you are just being petty by complaining.

10-15-2003, 09:04 PM	#63 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	I'm an atheist. I've been one since I was 8 years old, (figured it out sitting in a church no less), and I could care LESS if the pledge says under god or not. You get freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion. If my children are like me and god free, I'll tell them to do what I do and just say it and not worry about it. I love this country dearly, and if it makes a lot of people happy to say under god, I'm not going to get in their way. Issues like this bring out the worst in people. Some atheists seem to make being an atheist their substitute for religion. As long as people aren't forcing you to slaughter a goat to Baal or give a tithe to the local church, you are just being petty by complaining. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.