"Ed Hulett -> Ross Sauer"  wrote in news:9359
$HOLYSMOKE{at}JamNNTPd:

 EH>>>>> No one is mandating the pledge. "[U]nder
Gad" is a part of the
 EH>>>   pledge EH>> now and will remain so. It makes you
look foolish to
 EH>>>   continue whining EH>> about it.

 DC>>>> Has it occurred to you that many people don't say the pledge
 EH>>>   because DC> of _religious_ reasons?

 EH>>> Has it occurred to you that I couldn't care less?

 DC>>>> Like it or not, this country was not founded as a xian nation.

 EH>>> I never said it was. It was founded by Christians, though.

 RS>> Dead wrong.

 EH> Are you saying that the early settlers of what is now the US weren't
 EH> Christians looking for a place to freely exercise their religion?

 EH> Are you saying that the language of the First Amendment was to ensure
 EH> the free exercise of religion?

 EH> Are you saying there were no Christians among those who set up our form
 EH> of government?

 EH> If you have evidence to back up your position, why did you rely on only
 EH> two words as an argument?

In the Constitution, name *ANY* Christianity.

And that is the founding of our nation.

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