Subject: Pledge, "under God", WWJD? |
Bible Note: Parable I would vote to keep it in since this nation has established the right of religious freedom not freedom from religion. To do anything else the Supreme court moves from judicial position to legislative. If the people that want it removed they should be forced to put the issue to a vote. Somewhere this country turned from a democracy where the majority rules to what the Supreme court interprets as we can't offend anyone. That is nonsense! However that is not how things work. I would vote to keep it in on the premise that this nation was established as a God fearing nation (actually a Christian God fearing nation). Therefore those words are the essence of what this nation was. Alas that also is not how things work. How things work is to make sure special interest groups are not offended and by what people see or believe to be positive. We judge what is good therefor morals are good provided you define them, truth is good provided it is situational, justice is good provided you win, religion is bad it takes away all our fun. The real problem is instead of living Christian live we have tried to force religion down peoples throats. To the unsaved world most Christians are viewed as hypocrites, narrow minded and mean spirited. Why because we tried to legislate our religion upon them instead of living a Christian life before them. Lastly I do not see this as a line drawn in the sand issue. I seriously question whether a Christian should even pledge allegiance in the first place. Rest assured my allegiance is not to this country but rather to the Creator of this world and His Son Jesus Christ. While I support this country over any other even to the point of dying to protect it’s right to exist my allegiance remains to God. EdB |