Under God
I like to write about controversy. If I could study only the controversial from here on out, I think that I would.
Every morning I say the pledge of allegiance with a 5th grade class. We declare our allegiance to one nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all.
That is one fine dream.
Now, this next example is extreme, and I do not mean to compare these, just to point out something relevant.
Imagine Nazi Germany, declaring their allegiance to God. Imagine that country, those people, that face, declaring its dedication to God, to be under God. What would that be? How off-base would that be. That nation was practicing behaviors, sanctioning behaviors that spit in the face of God. How wonderful if it could turn from that and turn to God, to be under God. But to declare oneself under God, when being nothing of the sort, is ludicrous.
Imagine a people wiping out an entire people group for the sake of God, and giving God the credit, under God. Call it manifest destiny.
Imagine a group of people slaughtering all the people in the area, to cleanse it, to purify it, for God. But remember, its for God... Call it the inquisition.
Under God becomes more of an umbrella than a truth statement. It is a banner to wave. Oh, we do what we want, we support things my God tells me are wrong, are sin, are death, but we...we... are under God.
I wish.
Every morning I say the pledge of allegiance with a 5th grade class. We declare our allegiance to one nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all.
That is one fine dream.
Now, this next example is extreme, and I do not mean to compare these, just to point out something relevant.
Imagine Nazi Germany, declaring their allegiance to God. Imagine that country, those people, that face, declaring its dedication to God, to be under God. What would that be? How off-base would that be. That nation was practicing behaviors, sanctioning behaviors that spit in the face of God. How wonderful if it could turn from that and turn to God, to be under God. But to declare oneself under God, when being nothing of the sort, is ludicrous.
Imagine a people wiping out an entire people group for the sake of God, and giving God the credit, under God. Call it manifest destiny.
Imagine a group of people slaughtering all the people in the area, to cleanse it, to purify it, for God. But remember, its for God... Call it the inquisition.
Under God becomes more of an umbrella than a truth statement. It is a banner to wave. Oh, we do what we want, we support things my God tells me are wrong, are sin, are death, but we...we... are under God.
I wish.
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