| We were all taught in school that our forefathers left | | | | the different religions of the world, but I can tell you |
| England to escape religious dictatorships. Okay, there | | | | that it doesn't take much research to see that they're |
| was a lot more to it then that, but it was a big enough | | | | all very much the same. Get past which church uses |
| deal that they made sure it got honorable mention in | | | | which secret handshake and which rule book you |
| our rulebook. They clearly made the point that we | | | | should follow, and you find that they're all teaching us |
| were to have freedom of religion here in America. | | | | to respect each other, to love each other, to conduct |
| They also used the word "God" in some of their | | | | yourself with honor, and to be good to the planet and |
| formal paperwork and even on our money. I don't | | | | animals that we're blessed with. The rest is all dogma |
| want to argue politics here, but rather semantics. They | | | | and debatable. Nobody has any real concrete proof |
| didn't say "freedom of Christianity," they said "freedom | | | | that their particular form of God is the only one. Who's |
| of religion." The boys who wrote up all of our formal | | | | to say that God or Jesus isn't wise enough to visit |
| paperwork were wordsmiths and they debated long | | | | more than once using different names and different |
| and hard to find the perfect set of words to govern | | | | forms? Wouldn't it make sense given the size of the |
| ourselves by. It wasn't decided that we had the | | | | planet that the rest of the world would need to be |
| freedom to choose whichever form of Christianity that | | | | given a fair chance at knowing about God too? Is |
| we liked, but whichever form of religion. Religion is in | | | | Buddha so very different from Jesus? Their teachings |
| and of itself a much broader concept then Christianity. | | | | are incredibly similar. Why limit God to a concept that |
| "God" can mean a lot more then just the Christian | | | | only fits what your particular culture or region of the |
| definition too.No, I don't agree with all the bickering and | | | | world knows about?Another thing that always puzzled |
| arguing over whether or not there should be prayers in | | | | me is why prophets and seers are allowed to channel |
| school or if the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional. | | | | holy books and tell of the Messiah's coming, but then |
| You can't stop someone from praying whenever or | | | | we're told by the churches that being psychic is |
| wherever they choose. Nor can you force a prayer | | | | demonic? It seems a bit contradictory to me. Every |
| out of someone either. It's a dumb thing to argue about | | | | psychic I've ever met lost power over their visions if |
| and not worth being offended over either way. I think | | | | they weren't acting in the highest good. Most of the |
| it's important to teach out children what our country's | | | | psychics I've met believe very deeply in a form of God |
| Pledge of Allegiance is, but I don't know that it's right to | | | | or some sort of a higher magical loving guidance over |
| force anyone to state a pledge, especially children. | | | | us. They're visions into the other side created that |
| Seems a bit dictator like and kind of like brainwashing. | | | | belief. There's nothing quite like chatting with the |
| Teach them what it means. Teach them what prayer | | | | All-Mighty to make a believer out of you. Isn't prayer in |
| means. Teach them what making a pledge of any kind | | | | and of itself a form of telepathic psychic connection |
| means whether it's a pledge of one's allegiance to their | | | | with the other side?It just seems to me that if we quit |
| country's flag, a pledge of fidelity to a spouse, or a | | | | arguing over what words, labels, and names we give |
| pledge of loyalty to a boss. But also teach them that in | | | | these concepts and quit arguing over methods of |
| this country we have the freedom to make pledges or | | | | prayer and such that we'd see that we're all so much |
| not. Teach them that in this country we have the | | | | more alike then we are different. I've known three |
| freedom to pray to whoever or whatever we like and | | | | different Catholic men who fell in love with the |
| the freedom not to pray. Teach them just how | | | | Buddhist faith because it so beautifully highlights the |
| important that freedom is.I'm saddened when I hear of | | | | teachings of Christ. I really believe that is what we're |
| Pagan's being persecuted for their spiritual beliefs in this | | | | meant to do. All of the holy books tell us to love one |
| country. Did the Sunday school teachers forget to | | | | another. You can't truly love someone if you don't take |
| mention that using the colors green and red for | | | | the time to really get to know them and what they |
| Christmas is Pagan? Did they mention that Christmas | | | | stand for. Shouldn't we learn about each other from a |
| lights, yule logs, and wreaths are all Pagan? Did they | | | | place of love rather than from a place of judgement? |
| mention that almost every single Christian holiday is | | | | Nobody can prove that anyone else's religion is wrong |
| celebrated ironically on top of a Pagan festival? Why | | | | and nobody can prove that theirs is right. Too many |
| do you think we have bunnies, baby chicks, and pretty | | | | translators over the course of history to be able to be |
| flowers as part of our Easter celebration? Because it | | | | 100% sure about anything any more. We can't really |
| coincides with the Pagan's celebrations of Spring's | | | | assume that the others are completely wrong and we |
| renewal. From what I can see, Pagans aren't all evil | | | | can't assume that our own religion is completely right. |
| ugly witches anymore than all Christians are white | | | | Religion and God is so much more than we can fully |
| supremacists.I don't have a deep knowledge of all of | | | | understand at this time. |