quote: Originally posted by aznkid1008
well if we get rid of that from the pledge wat about "In God We Trust" on the coins and our money?
i think that is completely ridiculous, i grew up sayin that and so did the rest of the country. Under God, i dont get wats so bad about it? i mean people and politicians both say "God bless America" so wats goin on?
I'm sorry, but history and tradition doesn't supercede logic. That wasn't the nicest way to put it, but it wasn't meant mean...more concise.
i'd assume other god slogans will be removed following this new precedent. Whats so bad about it? The first amendment, and what America stands for. It's explicitly endorsing the existence of a creator. Whats so bad about that? well, again...the first amendment and for what america stands for.
it's not that it offends people to the brink, moreso that it's a proclamation that atheists must just deal with saying without believing. We expect atheists, just because they don't believe in god, to find no offense in saying "one nation under god" when they should never have to say something they don't believe in the first place. Think about it, if it was flipflopped there'd be a large controversy and everyone would see the "offense" taken by it. It has become rather customary that people take creationist's side and just let the atheist "deal" with situations that would offend creationists deeply. Why do atheists have to have this huge tolerance? creationists, generally speaking for the activists,...don't.
It's far from technicalities at its worst. It's absurd that the phrases exist all around our country's symbols today. I really don't see the big deal about it, why is it so not bad to not say the god phrases? Wow that sentence had a lot of negatives in it haha. Anyway, lata everyone i'll be at debate camp for the next 3 weeks...so if i don't reply to this until then thats why.
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