I've never seen someone on this list defend having that in the pledge. The people that do are probably the same numbers you complain to have. Difference is they don't whine on this list, yet you do :)
I'm not complaining, don't really mind, just pointing out your wasting your breath here. On Dec 7, 2007 8:26 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > no, there is a difference. That's why I'll hang out with religious > people, but don't really care to associate with child molesters. That > said, I still feel that religion in general is a blight on humanities > forward movement. > > And while I don't see any proselytizing going on, the reason I see the > attacks going on is because in essence the minority (we non-believing > heathens) aren't really represented. The number of religious people > in this nation far outnumbers the non-religious. So when one of us > complains about the word "god" in the pledge, it's seen as an attack > on religion, when to us, it's merely trying to set things "right" and > in our minds, back to the original spirit of the pledge. > > Is it bad 100%, no, most everything has it's plusses and minuses. I > happen to believe the minuses outweigh the plusses at this point. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247848 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
