03-20-2003, 06:49 AM
I have no qualm with atheists. Though I will pray for you, and perhaps someday try to touch you through a missionary situation, you have every right to believe whatever you choose. Noone has the righ to force you to say "under god." God himself gave you the right to worship whatever god you chose. (Even though you claim to be an atheist, I guarantee you are not. All men have a god. They may not recognize their god as a diety, but nonetheless they will worship money, sex, themselves, power, etc. etc.)
Just as you have the right to worship as you chose, so do christians. I don't care what offends you, life is not about pleasing other men. The US was formed based on christian values. It is these christian values that give you the right to chose you own fate after death. If you take god from the US, then you are simply attacking the very heart of what gives you your freedom.
Also, I want to let you know something, though I certainly don't expect to change your mind. It doesn't matter if you or anyone else believes in God. It doesn't matter if anyone worships God. It doesn't matter if every document, money, speech, song, etc. has God removed from it. God still exists.
Just as you have the right to worship as you chose, so do christians. I don't care what offends you, life is not about pleasing other men. The US was formed based on christian values. It is these christian values that give you the right to chose you own fate after death. If you take god from the US, then you are simply attacking the very heart of what gives you your freedom.
Also, I want to let you know something, though I certainly don't expect to change your mind. It doesn't matter if you or anyone else believes in God. It doesn't matter if anyone worships God. It doesn't matter if every document, money, speech, song, etc. has God removed from it. God still exists.
"Once you have tasted flight,
you will forever walk the earth with
your eyes turned skyward, for there
you have been, and there you will
always long to return."
-Leonardo da Vinci
you will forever walk the earth with
your eyes turned skyward, for there
you have been, and there you will
always long to return."
-Leonardo da Vinci