Originally posted by KingCobra@Mar 5 2003, 11:31 AM
Where does it stop? Look at the USA coins, bills, court rooms. The quote "In GOD We Trust" is everywhere. *Why not cancel Christmas as a national holiday, after all it's the birth of Jesus. *I think things should be left the way they are and our government should worry about other things.
I do believe in GOD and I say that NOT trying to offend anyone. *People are free to believe and do what they want. *There is currently no way that anyone can prove to another person that GOD is real. *It's very simple and no amount of fighting will prove either way.
I agree with what KingCobra says.
This is all my own opinion, so take it as that. Things have been the way they are now for many many years, it should be left as it is. People DO have the right to believe in any god or religion they want. Hell, if someone wanted to worship an elephant as their god, then so be it, it's their decision to make, not mine, not anybody else's, theirs and their's alone.
And if they don't want to believe in a God at all, that's fine too. In my opinion, we have no definitive way to prove that a god, any god, be it the christian god, Allah, the Greek / Roman / Norse pantheon of gods, Buddah, or any other god you can possibly think of, exists. I think things should be left the way that they are, but if you are uncomfortable saying "God" in the pledge, substitute Allah, Zeus, Buddah, your elephant, (not trying to poke fun at anything, just giving a way exaggerated example of how I feel) or whatever god you worship in it's place. Like I said, it's your right to worship whatever you want to worship. After all, wasn't freedom of religion one of the major reason's the colonists founded the United States in the first place?
Oh, and Tomboy, what exactly do you mean "Unbeleving board members"? I know for fact not everyone here practices Christianity, and I know there's at least several people here who are atheists, so please try to remember that, unless I interpreted what you meant the wrong way
