Personman - Latest Comments on On nation indivisible http://personman.com/?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 EdB [Visitor] in response to: On nation indivisible Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:37:47 +0000 EdB [Visitor] c79964@http://personman.com/ <p>Okay #1: yes it is analagus (or whatever) because adding a specifier, by design, excludes those who do not agree with the specifier. OTOH to say whiteness is obvious and belief in TIMITS is something one could fake. Then again I see very little similarity between religion and race. A black man is always and obviously black. A jew/christian/muslim/atheist are not obvious on visual contact.</p> <p>#2: Liberty, without question. Faith is personal, life is temporary. Liberty is something we all yearn for no matter what our faith or position in the cycle of life.</p> <p>#3: With that &#8220;under god&#8221; bit it most certainly does. Looked at differently, the pledge doesn&#8217;t lose anything &#8220;american&#8221; by not stating that there is an invisible man in the sky &#8216;above&#8217; us.</p> <p>#4: Pure propaganda!</p> <p>No offense intended here okay? Found the post from b2evo&#8217;s main page and felt like responding. In my humble opinion we should all be free to experience our time on this planet as we see fit. If that means with - or without - religion then so be it. For the person who believes in God they can feel the pain of the non-believer by imagining our currency saying &#8220;there is no god", or our pledge saying &#8220;one nation that needs no god".</p> <p>* hey you got open id working! I wondered what benefit it would provide or how I would use it. Perhaps God provided an answer to me eh?</p> Okay #1: yes it is analagus (or whatever) because adding a specifier, by design, excludes those who do not agree with the specifier. OTOH to say whiteness is obvious and belief in TIMITS is something one could fake. Then again I see very little similarity between religion and race. A black man is always and obviously black. A jew/christian/muslim/atheist are not obvious on visual contact.

#2: Liberty, without question. Faith is personal, life is temporary. Liberty is something we all yearn for no matter what our faith or position in the cycle of life.

#3: With that “under god” bit it most certainly does. Looked at differently, the pledge doesn’t lose anything “american” by not stating that there is an invisible man in the sky ‘above’ us.

#4: Pure propaganda!

No offense intended here okay? Found the post from b2evo’s main page and felt like responding. In my humble opinion we should all be free to experience our time on this planet as we see fit. If that means with - or without - religion then so be it. For the person who believes in God they can feel the pain of the non-believer by imagining our currency saying “there is no god", or our pledge saying “one nation that needs no god".

* hey you got open id working! I wondered what benefit it would provide or how I would use it. Perhaps God provided an answer to me eh?

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