The Pledge of Allegiance
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Originally posted by thefrey:
Me personally? Leave it alone. With a few exceptions most people believe in some god.For instance I worship at the altar of technology
aleck, help me out here, my copies of the book have been stolen so often that i am having trouble remembering the name [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]…it’s the book by harlan ellison, deathbird stories i think, where he addresses the need for gods, and the new gods which have arisen to take the place of the old ones…
insofar as the pledge, and whatever conspiracy it may or may not represent, although i myself am an athiest, i do not lose sleep over the invoking of god in this separation of church and state country of ours; it’s part of our somewhat schizophrenic national character…the idea of the pledge having been written by one extremist expounding his views and being adopted by extremists at the opposite end just shows the general slipperiness of ideas and words in general [img]images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] everyone takes home something different from the same phrase/paragraph/slogan