Justinec101

"Just a quick thought, I'm a child of the 60's and I have tried but I can't recall the killing in school as much as I see it today. The violence that is shown across the TVs in our homes about the schools and the sexual immorality taking place in the classroom. These are just 2 examples of the changes that have occured since GOD has been expelled from the public school system."

I see that these things have been happened since god has been removed from school, but there is no way to connect the two things. In fact we still have very little explanation as to why violence is spreading so rapidly in our country. If you take a look at many European countries, religion is much less prominent, and so is violence. There is simply no connection between the removal of religion and an increase in violence. The idea that god is the only viable option for living a peaceful life is just too out there for me.

"I am not a religious person, but don't see why they have to take "GOD" off of things so there is political correctness because an atheist is offended. I know atheists, and they think it is crazy that people get all offended because of that. They have gone too far with it."

I'm in the middle here. The pledge for example is a piece of our history and taking god out of it would be like trying to erase history. Which is just as rediculous as changing history books to make no mention of our other mistakes. I don't think we should go around removing the word god from things as much as we should avoid doing it in the future. Truthfully it doesn't bother me personally, but what about the people coming into this country with different beliefs? I can see how they would be bothered by it.

"Ugh... well O.K. We really can't debate. I can debate with another Christian on the grounds that the Holy Bible is the undisputed word of GOD. But with anyone else there would be no standard to guide the debate."

This is the problem I think. This is a country of many different cultures and beliefs, and we can't lock ourselves out from other people because they don't read the bible, or believe in god. In an age where there are scientific breakthroughs every day that conflict with religious beliefs, how will we ever come to an understanding if we simply ignore other peoples' opinions and say that our belief is the only correct one? The fact is there is no standard guide on which to debate on, which is why so many people simply avoid the issue and we end up stuck. . . 50% on one side and 50% on the other. You can't make decisions in a democracy with a 50/50 split.