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Subject: Re: pledge of allegiance


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morpheus
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Date Posted: 00:42:41 12/21/04 Tue
In reply to: Anne 's message, "Re: pledge of allegiance" on 18:22:47 12/15/04 Wed

>All of us are suppossed to not say "under GOd" because
>one girl feels uncomfortable?
>
>yes. if the holocaust hadnt gotten as major as it
>had, having just stayed germans locking up and
>torchering jews would we not have done anything about
>it? jews only take up around .1 percent of the worlds
>population. although it saying the pledge is
>unsimilar to this, honestly its just stupid that
>christians feel the need to say that their country is
>under god even though it offends even a small amount
>of the population.
>
>All of us are suppossed to not say
>>"under GOd" because one girl feels uncomfortable?
>
>Taking out under god does not however inconvenience
>people who do believe in god. I am still trying to
>understand why they care so much about keeping it in.


The main reason they keep the "under god" part in the pledge is because it's part of america's history. The country was built on christianity and god. So they're holding on to a piece of history by keeping it in

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