"Good point about the belt buckles. The Germans had "God With Us" on their buckles, yet the Christian majority will claim Hitler was an atheist.... But that's another topic."
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"God" in the pledge of allegiance
Started this discussion. Last reply by Andy Reid Jun 2, 2012. 31 Replies 0 Likes
"Michael Newdow, an atheist, was offended by the…Continue
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Secular Forces 2013 replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"ha..the reason god's in there is...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germanythey (fundies here) hate when 'christian' any party sides w/socialism"
Jim DePaulo replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"I use the "under law" as well. I also told my grand kids to use it as they have to mouth the pledge every day (my grand kids are all Atheist)."
Tom Sarbeck replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"Serendipity, Jim. Your mentioning 1940 and booklover's (in the previous post) mentioning 1943.
In 1940, SCOTUS ruled that schools could expel kids who refused to pledge allegiance. America's patriots (and local governments) promptly…"
Tom Sarbeck replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"Rudy, I hope you have a rant in you for the people who want you to assume the "under" position in an "over/under" relationship.
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matt warren replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"so have I. I just see it as correcting an error and complying with the constitution.et al.
just correcting the error."
matt warren replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"I try to never get myself into a situation that "demands" this kind of mind control (repeating a "pledge" to anything is relinquishing your own thoughts and preferenses to another).
when it does come up I usually, at that place…"
Jim DePaulo replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"It means god is a dangerous element and one should be insured against his predations. I don't know if any Atheist have taken their insurance company to court asking them to prove that "god" had any hand in the damage."
Jim DePaulo replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"I just block out the "we" and print above it (neatly in green ink) "I don't"."
Jim DePaulo replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"I was born in 1940 and recall saying the pledge with out the mighty sky guy's inclusion. In 1956 I was 16 and a vocal Atheist and railed aganist the change to deaf ears - still do to more deaf ears.
A more subtile change was in the opening…"
Rudy Ruddell replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"If you want to hear me rant, just mention ceremonial deism. The courts have stated the the god in In God We Trust is so meaningless that it is not religious. Yet, citizens still use the fact the In God We Trust (IGWT) is our motto to continue the…"
Tom Sarbeck replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"Rudy, get gods out of government?
Religion teaches people to be helpless. What will America's helpless people do? No magic wand will grow their power.
And this: judges who say IGWT isn't religious are afraid of America's BILLIONS(?)…"
Elena Sandry replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"I do this too. If it is against the law, at least it'll be hard to catch someone doing it because they could just say: "It was already on there, I have no idea who did that!" hahaha"
Wiley Coyote replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"I've been doing that for more than a decade."
Terry Groff replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"It's only illegal if it renders the money unusable.
United States Code TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 17 - COINS AND CURRENCY § 333. Mutilation of national bank obligations …"
Bradley Downey replied to Elena Sandry's discussion "God" in the pledge of allegiance
"Is the against the law to deface money but
what if any form of protest we all took a
sharpie and drew a line through "in god we trust"
I bet if enough people did this itis would be
notificable "
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- At 5:57am on January 14, 2012,
Brent Feeney said… Welcome aboard! =) Hope all is well with you today...
- At 5:17pm on January 11, 2012,
Steph S. said… Greetings! Welcome to the site!
- At 5:06am on January 11, 2012,
Dr. Terence Meaden said… - Hello Elena, and welcome to this wonderful world of rationality, truth and peace.True common sense helped by science leads to humanist and atheist wisdom as freethinkers know well.We invite you to make good friends by joining the busy group "ORIGINS: Universe, Astronomy, Life, Earth, Humans, Religion, Gods, Atheism, Evolution, Darwin..." with 600 discussion topics and 3200 members.
- At 10:21pm on January 10, 2012,
Ruth Anthony-Gardner said… Welcome, Elena! Glad you could join us. :D
Please consider joining a group to meet people and talk about anything that's on your mind, Hang With Friends. You might also consider Young Atheists.
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