So, I just got this email stating that 85% of Americans believe in God, and therefore, it is not understood why people have a problem with this line in the pledge of allegience, or “In god we trust”

Before I go on, tho… now me, personally…  I believe in something. More of a source of Power, or infinite energy that is in everything. If you wanna tag it with the title “God” I guess you could. Afterall, God is just a word.

Do I believe its some man in the sky? No.

Do I believe, that what I believe, is absolute truth?? No….

But now, we’re getting to the meat of the matter….

So do I have a problem with statements such as “One Nation, Under God? Actually…. yes, I do. Maybe 85% of Americans do believe that there is a god, but what about the other 15%??? And just because the greater majority believes, does that make the concept absolute? Not even close. I have never seen any evidence proving (or even disproving) that God exists. So having such sayings in our money, in our pledge of allegience or even as a motto, is absolutely asinine. Not to mention, archaic. You might as well stamp “I believe in the Tooth Fairy” on all our currency.

And thats completely getting away from whether or not the statement “85% of Americans believe” is a truth unto itself. That percentage seems awfully high, considering the rise in Atheism, Paganism, Wicca, as well as people of other Nationalities living in America, whom believe in their own God. Lets not even get into the many Polytheistic religions that believe in multiple Gods.

(Did you know that 99.9% of statisitcs are made up on the spot? LOL)

But thats not even the biggest reason why I have a problem with those lines…..

Anyone who comes to our country, would obviously have to obey our laws, etc etc. Does that mean they have to stop believing in their god, only to then believe in ours? Absolutely NOT! And they should not be expected to repeat lines in the pledge of allegience, such as “One nation, under God” It just seems like its a form of truncating their God, for ours…..

Personally, Id like to see mottos like that, tossed. Leave sayings like “In God We Trust” for Sunday sermons. If we truly are free to believe how we want, then whats the purpose of implanting things like that into everything remotely legal or political in nature?

Coz I so needed another thing to keep up!! LOL

Actually, since most of my stuff is now streamed from my weblog and into aol lifestream, I figured one more wasnt a big deal. And wheee, I can update twitter thru my phone too!

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I got up to a notice that someone featured a piece of my artwork (Guardian of the Dead) on their site as best of the week.

Click here to check it out

Its an old one I handpainted a few yrs back in Photoshop…. but I do have a fondness for this one, since Anubis (my fave Egyptian god) is in it.