I Live In The United States

O.K. gang tell me which of our founding fathers was not a Christian? Which mosque or temple did they attend I'll give you a clue any faith outside of Judaism and Christianity were look upon by our forefathers as either pagan or heathen. They had no concept other than the colonies would become a Christian nation Although liberals will claim it is not true the founding of this nation was based on Christian principles. The declaration of independence, the original constitution and the bill of rights were all written from a Christian perspective. A lot has changed since then and I highly doubt our forefathers would recognize this nation as the one they intended.

Christians hijacked our government and our society.

Putting 'In God We Trust' on our money was a blatant breach of the wall set in place to keep church and state separate.

Putting this on our money was a de facto endorsement of Christianity by the federal government.

Christians argue that it doesn't SPECIFICALLY endorse Christianity, when members of society raise objections.

Yet at the same time, when they are trying to pass legislation that acknowledges Christianity, they refer to the money as EVIDENCE that we already are a Christian nation.

This federal endorsement of Christianity has the effect of validating and authenticating Christianity.

It's just one more of the many methods Christians use as part of their overall indoctrination and to prop up the religion.

Morally and ethically there should be NO Pledge whatsoever.

It is indoctrination. The purpose is to raise little nationalistic puppets who will go along with anything the government tells them.

Obviously it is not 100 % effective, but it IS effective. Adding God to the Pledge validates the idea that our country can do no wrong. God being perfect, the association implants the sense that our nation is too.

By the same token, it is an affirmation and validation of God's existence.

Children want to be part of the group. They don't want to be excluded ... outcasts. The Pledge pressures children into conforming.

Disregard for tradition leads to cultural downfall, as we are currently witnessing in most states. To remove that from our culture would be most disrespectful to our forefathers and what they stood for. Listen to the Battle Hymn of the Republic (one of the most important songs to the Union in our Civil War) and try to come up with a single reason that God does not hold an important place in our nation (: If you can do that without any logical fallacies or factual inaccuracies in your reasoning, I would be truly impressed and would probably change my view!

terrible Idea. USA is blessed because in God we trust.

it was thar way pre 1954. We should repeal those laws and return to reality.