First of all, if everything of this manner that contains any reference to God is to become unconstitutional, as the trend seems to be, shouldn't the Decleration of Independence, which contains the words "God" and "creator", be next on the chopping block? If this is so, do we go back to being a British colony?
A bit more seriously, many may argue that removing the phrase "under God" will fix the whole "establishment of religion" thing. It seems to me, though, that all that is really happening is that one groups of people's way of seeing the world is being thrown out in favor of a different group. What religion really comes down to is how a person views the world. The act of throwing out this phrase simply replaces the worldview of those who believe in a God (statistically the vast majority in this country) with the worldview of those who do not believe in a God. In the end all that is accomplished is a replacement, rather than a removal, of ideals.
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First of all, if everything of this manner that contains any reference to God is to become unconstitutional, as the trend seems to be, shouldn't the Decleration of Independence, which contains the words "God" and "creator", be next on the chopping block? If this is so, do we go back to being a British colony?
A bit more seriously, many may argue that removing the phrase "under God" will fix the whole "establishment of religion" thing. It seems to me, though, that all that is really happening is that one groups of people's way of seeing the world is being thrown out in favor of a different group. What religion really comes down to is how a person views the world. The act of throwing out this phrase simply replaces the worldview of those who believe in a God (statistically the vast majority in this country) with the worldview of those who do not believe in a God. In the end all that is accomplished is a replacement, rather than a removal, of ideals.