In a message dated 01/30/2002 8:28:21 PM Mountain Standard Time,
John.Deikis@med.va.gov writes:
> >>>Therefore, there should be no objection to the Pledge of Allegiance
>
> Quakers, who were instrumental in founding this nation,
And ultimately led us to Richard Nixon....hmmmmm... Pledging allegiance to
the flag is a way of pledging ourselves to our country. The flag is only a
symbol of our country...big only there...
If you don't want to do it...then don't, but don't deny me my right to think
poorly of you or any other American citizen who does not.
Yes, God comes first, according to some, before family, but that does not
make allegiance to our country unimportant or unnecessary.
>
> >>"In God We Trust" is our national motto.
>
> I think you'll find that "E Pluribus Unum" is our official national motto
> and the other is a fairly recent addition that has to do with our printed
> currency and not our nation.
well...it's on the coinage too, and the decision to do so was made by a
representative government. How many liberals would get elected if they add
to their platform, "lets get God off our money!" Also, it's been on the
money since before I was born, and hardly anyone would count me as "recent"
>
> What about Benjamin Franklin (an atheist) and Jay Gould (a Jew)?
What about them? Think they were offended by the Pledge of Allegiance? Of
course I don't know who Jay Gould is..was....??
> That logic doesn't seem to make any sense at all! God IS a part of our
> culture. What does that have to do with coercing free people to accept,
> acknowledge, promote, believe...whatever.
Everything actually... If indeed God is part of our culture, and it appears
you agree to that, promoting Him to others is part of the game.
> '57 Chevrolets, the Superbowl,
> and racial lynchings are also part of our culture.
So using your logic, you are comparing God to a '57 Chevy, a football game,
and a murder?
Lot's of undesirable things are part of our culture. Because they are bad
does not make other good things undesirable.
Don't use the "logic" argument if you are not prepared to be logical.
> Let's bag it and go back to LBC's!!
I agree whole heartedly...and for LBC content, who can tell me a good place
to mount a flag on my Midget?
Robert Houston
"There is nothing quite so thrilling as being shot at and missed" " Yes
madam, I am drunk, but you are ugly. Tomorrow I shall be sober, but you will
still be ugly"
attributed to Winston Churchill
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