Where do we begin? Even an Atheist can say "Under God"

Where to start,,,, how about our first political moment ,, that moment in school where we all stood up and placed our hands upon our hearts and said the Pledge.

and we said ,,, "One Nation, Under God......"

Hold On here,,, Under GOD,,,, wait a Sec,,,, Can we have that in there? A reference to God,, the Almighty Creator,, ya know that God that unPresident Bush consults for major decisions,,,,,,,,,,,

hmmmm,,,,,, let's take a look,,,,,,,

To me, being what Conservatives would call a Godless Liberal, it is clear there should be no debate on this issue. the answer is simple,,,

Hang on a sec before you make any judgements and get your panties all bunched up,,, this should surprise you.

This country was based on the principles of John Locke. In essence, that our rights are NOT given (allowed) to us by a King or particular form of government or political system. In this philosophical view, Rights are given by the Creator and no man nor group of men can take them away.

The bedrock of our system is based on this idea.

As such, The mention of God in the pledge is really only an affirmation of the origin of the rights our system allows us. In other words - we acknowledge the rights granted within our system do not come from the System nor the Government - but something greater. It is irrelevant whether or not you believe in the creator,,, as the right "not to believe" is built into the base idea- so what's the argument?

The mistake comes from the idea that the System is the where the rights come from - in less awkward language, the system grants the rights. But that is clearly wrong when we look at the philosophical base of John Locke. When this mistake in Origin is made, references to "God" within our system come into question, particularly in regards to separation of Church and State.

The "Origin mistake" creates a second in relation to Church and State by mistaking the affirmation of Origin with an affirmation of the existence of the Originator.What is interesting here is that Separation of Church and State in our system exists to protect the base principle and affirms the right of non-belief. Once the "Origin Mistake " is made we miss the point of the Separation clause.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"

The system is not to make any law that creates a religion of the System, nor is it to stop folks from believing as they will. This is safeguard, a reminder if you will, that the System does not bestow our Rights, and no man can take the basic principle away. In essence, this protects both the believer and the non-believer alike.

So, In the USA our rights are Granted by the Creator, regardless of whether you believe in one or not.The Rights themselves are so broad that they even allow for NON-Belief of the originator of the said Rights. This is a very clever concept because it allows for a multitude of beliefs for the citizens within the system.

So,,, By acknowledging where our System believes our rights come from is in no way acknowledging that there is a creator.

So with that said,, what's the next issue,,, the pledge seems to be a non starter,,,