every attempt to eliminate the unlawful and unconstitutional mention of God from the Pledge has thus far failed, but the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts will hear arguments seeking removal of the two words for a new reason: discrimination
"This is the first
challenge of its kind" said Roy Speckhardt, the executive director of
the American Humanist Association, an atheist group arguing for the
plaintiffs. "We feel very confident that we have a strong case."
In U.S., 77% Identify as Christian
Eighteen percent have no explicit religious identity
by Frank NewportPRINCETON, NJ -- The large majority of Americans -- 77% of the adult population -- identify with a Christian religion, including 52% who are Protestants or some other non-Catholic Christian religion, 23% who are Catholic, and 2% who affiliate with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Another 18% of Americans do not have an explicit religious identity and 5% identify with a non-Christian religion.
Why this is about more than two words.
No matter how you slice it God is evil and an evil god makes people to evil things. The idea of a God makes people intellectually lazy and delusional. Let go and let God is a saying used in Alcoholics Anonymous and Alanon but the truth is God is the one who fucked these people up in the first place. God created the alcoholism gene. Alcoholism is a medical condition that requires medical treatment. All the praying in the world will not cure an alcoholic. Proper treatment and intervention will!
It never ceases to astound me how this prick God gets credit for good things like Tim Tebow throwing a touchdown pass but gets none of the blame to all the disease, starvation an suffering in the world. Instead of going out and solving problems people pray to a cruel, vengeful and jealous God.
Exodus 34:14 Moses has trudged up Mount Sinai with a second pair of stone tablets, on which God will write the Ten Commandments. Moses and God engage in some repartee, then God says: “For thou shalt worship no other god: for the lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God”
This is straight out of the King James Version. God reveals “his” own name: Jealous.
Is this the god you Christians what America to be under?
...and while we are at it let's get in God we trust off of our currency.