To me, “JS“ sounds like a pretentious snot who tries to make people think he’s clever by reciting bits and pieces of religious lore from everything from taoism to satanism without any understanding. Taking potshots at anyone willing to declare their opinions is not going to get you any credit around here. For the record, I am a Christian, although I certainly have no idea about Jennifer. And for the record, here’s the pledge:

I Pledge Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

When President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved adding the words “under God” he said:

In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America’s heritage and future; in this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country’s most powerful resource in peace and war.

If you think that America was founded by people who didn’t believe in God, you’re sorely mistaken in your reinterpretation of History, and you’re ignoring the understanding of those who lived closer to the actual events and have clearly written down their understandings and intent.

P.S. If you think that running about posting misspelled insults about people on blogs is going to get you noticed, you’re wrong about that too. I’ve removed the hyperlink from your post just so no search engine thinks I actually want anyone to see the useless waste of space that is your website.

Also, our nation wasn’t founded a religion, it was founded on the freedom thereof. The original pilgrims were escaping one form of Christianity, not just to enforce another one hundreds of years later. I highly doubt that you are a non-Christian at all, because I’ve known several dozen non-Christians in my life, and not ONE has ever said, “Yeah, I’m fine with God being in the Pledge.” To me, you sound like a Christian trying to spread discord among the populus. Most non-Christian people of any worth have near impeccable grammar, because we work hard to be taken seriously. We use things like capital letters, punctuation, and proper spelling. We don’t just say that we are right, we try very hard to prove it, because it’s an up hill battle at all times. People like you make me sick, you sully everything we stand for. You are the “Under God” in our Pledge, you are a mockery of all that we have accomplished. A false ally is worse than an any enemy.

To the rest of you and anyone that is just now visiting, I apologize for you all seeing that, but such displays shouldn’t go unchecked, even months after.

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Posted by JS, from myspace.com/unkempt_knight

Can anyone help with the words of the declaration? E-mail me please

Chris Berry – United Kingdom currently in Iraq with the coalition

1. The pledge itself is just over 100 years old (1892, as I said above), so it’s got nothing to do with the founding fathers.

2. I think it reflects on the future because two of the justices specifically said they thought the pledge is constitutional, so I can’t imagine anyone else will bother bringing such a case again until at least one of those justices is retired.

3. That’s easy: freedom. Freedom to worship God however you like. Freedom to dress however you like. Freedom to not worship. Freedom to disagree with the government and even sue them to try to change the pledge of alliegance.

1. Since “under god” wasn’t in the original pledge, removing it would restore the pledge to it’s traditional form as it was written (by the founding fathers?). Is this not a desireable thing?

2. If this court judgement didn’t actually make a statement about the words “under god” in the pledge, then how can this judgement reflect on possible future cases on this same subject?

3. If “under god” distinguishes the USA from communist russia (which no longer exists anyway), what distinguishes the USA from the uber-religious middle east? This should be especially important considering that Arab Terrorists are the New Enemya?? and the russians are a trading partner — almost ally.