Golly Sam, I didn't realize I was whining about things, sorry 'bout that. I also didn't realize that we're all in agreement that the word "god" should be removed from the pledge! That's great news!
On 12/7/07, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247865 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
