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[Paul Rumelhart]

I would like to split what you are saying into two separate subjects, 
because I have a different response for each.  The two subjects are 
Church and State, and Overly Aggressive Political Correctness.

I can sympathize with the people who wish to take "Under God" out of the 
Pledge.  If it was simply the original wording from way back when, it 
wouldn't really be a problem.  However, it was placed there relatively 
recently (1940's?).  I think that was a mistake and should probably be 
rectified.  Like Chas, though, I don't consider it worth the effort.  I 
also don't care much about the "In God We Trust" on the currency.  It 
would spend the same way if it said "In Allah We Trust" or "In Big Juju 
We Trust".  The thing that kills me about this topic is that if 
Christianity was a minority religion and some other religion was being 
favored in our classrooms and on our currency, they would all be up in 
arms.  That's the reason Church and State need to be separated.

On the topic of political correctness, I can agree.  Although I 
celebrate the Winter Solstice with probably the same amount of fervor as 
your average Christian celebrates Christmas, I don't care much if 
someone say "Merry Christmas" to me.  I take it in the spirit it was 
given.  If someone wishes me a happy Kwanzaa, I'll take it the same way.

I also don't think the idea is to weed God out of our daily lives.  Just 
let the government stay neutral.  Protecting the rights of citizens to 
worship as they wish was one of the major driving forces of the founding 
of this country.  Keeping the government neutral was meant to help that, 
not hinder it. 

Paul

Donovan Arnold wrote:
> Satan's greatest trick was to convince people that he doesn't exist. I 
> think Satanism, is, for the most part, the same as Atheism.
>  
> What Satan wants is to remove God, all things related to him, and in 
> our daily thoughts completely. To make us about ourselves, and the 
> world we live in.
>  
> Atheists are best at doing this. They have made God very unpopular in 
> this country. You cannot even say, "Merry Christmas" without 
> subjecting yourself to a potential lawsuit.
>  
> Separation of Church from State was designed to protect our religion 
> from being indoctrinated and controlled by the government, not to weed 
> God out of our daily lives and thinking, which is what is happening, 
> sadly, all over this country, and you can see the negative impact it 
> is having.
>  
> Best Regards,
>  
> Donovan
>
> */Chasuk <chasuk at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>     > Also, you may want to read up on modern-day Satanists. I know a
>     couple
>     > of them. There is a big difference between LaVey Satanism and the
>     > mostly-non-existent Luciferian Satanism portrayed in bad B
>     movies. It's
>     > not my cup of tea, but it has some aspects to it that I can respect.
>
>     I've known several Satanists, and most of them were just atheists with
>     a peculiar sense of humor, combined with a desire to shock. None of
>     them were the B movies types.
>
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