Amen to this one, I’m proud to post this
Amen to this one, I’m proud to post this…
Someone sent this to me in an email, I was asked to send this on if
I agreed or delete if I didn’t. I decided to post it to my blog for all to see.
It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have
a very hard time understanding why there is such a problem in
having “In God We Trust” on our money and having “God” in the
Pledge of Allegiance.
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! — Click the play button two times to listen to Red
Skelton’s version of the Pledge of Allegiance (very touching).
Why don’t we just tell the 14% to shut up and be quiet???
If you agree, pass this on.
I agree!
“God Bless America.”
Sincerely yours,
Mark Hendricks
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Thanks for publishing this and I say “amen” also. I am sick and tired of the “political correctness” that tries to stamp out our American way of life. I say respect our customs, religion and language or get out of my country.
Amen for me too. Here in the South you would think that we did not have many people who object to the use of the word God. I live right in the middle of the “Bible Belt”. My son is very active in school sports. Used to be every game opened with a prayer and the “Pledge”.Now it is not allowed anymore. I say Enough. We have rights too.
Hey Mark,
I hope this finds you well.
Thanks for this excellent post. It brought back a lot of memories.
I am often disappointed, but rarely surprised, at at what passes for progress these days.
Perhaps politicians in general just didn’t do very well in history.
It is generally held that children learn by example. What are they learing from the examples shown them? is it such a mystery that children are less inclined to respect their parents, themselves and others, when a great deal of the examples they see are subtle tugs at what a family and friends and caring for each other is all about?
The sign in front of a church down the road from my house says ” God cares for people through people”. If we ask who knows the meaning of this, how many hands would be raised?
Thanks for all your help.
Jim
Mark, sorry, but it appears that you got taken in by this wedge-issue “campaign.” No one of any consequence, no major leaders or political parties are suggesting taking “under God” out of the Pledge of Allegiance or “In God We Trust” off the money.
These are simply myth wedge issues that are put forth by people like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly and other Conservative firebrands to energize their listeners or spook their base. That way, they scare people into thinking that somehow respected and hallowed traditions will somehow be taken from them. Sadly, these scare tactics are often used to demonize others who have nothing to do with the mythical attack campaigns against God or Christianity or patriotism that they warn their listeners about. It’s sad that they try to pit American against American for their own ratings.
I suspect it’s really less than 1% who object to these things- even many athiests do not have a problem.
However, there will always be groups like the ACLU who find someone in that 1% so they can sue on their behalf – those suits are very real and not made up by talk show hosts!
I’m going with Jesus’ comments about currency here. This is from Matthew 22: 18-22…
18But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me?
19Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius,
20and he asked them, “Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?”
21″Caesar’s,” they replied.
Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
22When they heard this, they were amazed. So they left him and went away.
A similar passage appears in Mark 12: 13-17 and Luke 20: 20-26. Three of the gospels. This signifies, to me, we’re supposed to pick up on an important point.
Keeping it in perspective, the use of human or divine images was offensive to Jews. At Jesus’ time, coins minted by Herod and his son Herod Antipas did not have such images, out of respect for this Jewish law.
Yes, there are further historic considerations, namely whether the question related to physical money at all.
Speaking only for myself here, I love God deeply and trust in God completely—in all matters of this world and any other.
Paper money is currency, that’s all. Something that’s circulated, that goes where it’s sent. It may seem to buy a lot and be everywhere, but when we consider God’s presence in all and everything, money’s limitations become apparent.
I look at “In God We Trust” on the money kind of like a post-it note that gets handed around, a harmless reminder. I don’t get all that riled up about it. But now that you’ve got me thinking on it, the American money should be redesigned and a whole lot of the esoteric symbols on it, relics of Freemasonry or the Skull and Bones Society or whatever… those should go. American currency is a global symbol. It should represent good, decent, God loving men and women of all races who are here to live in freedom. Not secret societies.
With respect to the Pledge of Allegiance, although this does not apply to me or 86% of my fellow citizens, it is possible to have allegiance to the United States, but dissent about God.
We are one nation, yes. But all nations are under God. So is any place experiencing anarchy, chaos or any territory in dispute. We’re one of the nations under God. Not the only one.
Because this is America, and we here have unparalleled freedoms, I can be a devout believer and a scientist and speak out in defense of those I disagree with. And I can close by writing I trust that God will see to it this all works out okay.
Finally, someone has the guts to bring this subject to light.
I hope you are saving all of these posts and send them on to your government.
The same thing has happened in Canada; we challenged our anthem, we took The Lord’s Prayer out of our schools, it’s not Merry Christmas anymore, now it’s Happy Holidays.
When does this stop?
I have never, ever heard anyone say good, glad they did that. I have heard an abundance of people complaining that they took these things away.
Is North America not a continent where “the people” get a say? It appears not.
It seems to me that the ones who might complain are immigrants to our country. They should be damn glad we let them in where they can have a better life. If they don’t like it, LEAVE!
If we were to go to their originating country, we would be able to change the rules? NO!
Everyone is our office has voted and we all say, welcome to North America, but it’s our rules, not yours!
Thank you, Kelley. I agree with everything you said. Here, the words “under God” were added to the pledge of allegience in my lifetime and I can tell you, there was huge resistance to that! Eventually, it was accepted. Now we seem to be going the opposite direction.
This was America, land of the free, home of the brave. Immigrants didn’t openly question the use of God in or on anything….they were just glad to be here.
Now, the arrogance of people coming here is unbelievable! I guess people will always disagree on God. This country always stood for freedom of religion but now, any self absorbed opinionated jerk who thinks they are better than anyone else can come here and actually get their way. What does that say about the direction this country has taken?
If we are all truely “under God”, then his heart must be breaking. Even in the land of the free, there is constant dispute over who’s God is better.
Why can’t we all just get along?!
As a good marketers we should do some testing:
Test#1
Take the guy who live in the USA, the land of freedom, and he don’t like “ In God We Trustâ€, put a poster on his back written in Arabic with this meaning:
“ I hate your religionâ€, and ship him in the middle of the religious crowd at Mecca.
Test#2
Time-travel:
The same guy shipped to a communist country a few years ago, the same poster but with the meaning:
“I hate the communists and their believesâ€.
Q: If he survive to this quest what will be his opinion?
A: He will love America and everything what comes with it.
Thats for sure.
Sincerely,
Imi
P.S. Do you know that in the former communist countries the teachers were sacked from their jobs if they dare to go to the church?
Do you know that in the former communist countries, the teachers were making bad jokes and terrorized the children in front off the class because of their religion?
It was forty years ago, I was seven then, but I will never forget my crying schoolmate who’s only “sin†was the fact that he went to the church on Sunday.
This is MY country! I am really sick to death of all the naysayers shooting their mouths off about taking In God We Trust off of our money. This is and always will be God’s country. Keep your infantile thoughts to yourself! Nobody really cares!
So, does this mean 14% do Not want to believe in God and want the believers to believe in them? What will they try to do or decide next, a marking on our forehead is a mark of the beauty?
I grew up reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in school and I believe this to be the most meaningful experience throughout my 21 years in school!