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21. June 2011, 09:53:54

Übergeek 바둑이

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Subject: Is God American?

"Prominent legal challenges in the 1950s were brought by the Jehovah's Witnesses, a group whose beliefs preclude swearing loyalty to any power other than God, ("Jehovah's Witnesses-Proclaimers of God's Kingdom"1993 pgs 196-197) and who objected to policies in public schools requiring students to swear an oath to the flag. They objected on the grounds that their rights to freedom of religion as guaranteed by the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment were being violated by such requirements."

It seems to me that they have a point. Is it right for a Christian to swear loyalty to a power other than God? After all, God is the one and only power in the universe. One thought from God, and the whole world would be reduced to dust.

This is one of the few things I agree with. Pledging allegiance to anything other than God seems rather a compromise of one's beliefs. Of course, the country could be renamed to the United States of Christianity. That would clear things up a bit and avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.