[vannrox]

The unlimited bashing of America continues unabated...I guess that we are just uncivilized rabble who believe in such ancient and outdated beliefs such as GOD, TRUTH, and LIBERTY. Geeze!

[lockeliberty]

You think, perhaps, this author may be an atheist?

[VRWC_minion]

If the pledge did not have "under God" in it I would not be able to say it.

[RCW2001]

Stand alone with God...and be victorious!

[concerned about politics]

You see, those liberals worship "the other guy."
Why do you think they loved Clinton so much?
Of course they'd slam our creater.
They're guy will lose in the end, and they go nuts when they're out of power.

[VRWC_minion]

The attorney general John Ashcroft, who comes from the extreme Pentecostal wing of the Christian church, informed a recent gathering of Ultra Christian broadcasters that "civilised people

Can someone give me the link to the Ultra Christian broadcasting station. They don't seem to be in my areas.

[VRWC_minion]

Plagerism ?

You decide

By http://www.heresyhouse.com

The original pledge was written in August 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a Baptist minister, and first cousin of Edward Bellamy, author of the American socialist utopian novels, Looking Backward and Equality. Francis was a Christian Socialist. He was also deeply affected by his literary cousin's philosophies The Pledge was published in the September 8th issue of "The Youth's Companion", the leading family magazine of its day

By the author

The original pledge was written in 1892 by a Baptist socialist minister, Francis Bellamy, and was first published in a magazine called the Youth's Companion

[VRWC_minion]

More direct link to original work by John W. Baer lifted without proper attribution.

[USNBandit]

"he is right in saying that a much larger percentage of Americans believe in God, heaven and hell than most other nationalities do."

Maybe that is why we are still a super power and the author is writing from a third world country with rationed medical care, bad teeth, warm beer, and a pathetic excuse for a military. When more people in England believed in God the sun never set on their empire.

[Jorge]

The "civilised people" in John Ashcroft's phrase and the 95 per cent of the president's believers include many who are highly selective about the commandments they obey - thou shalt not kill being the most obvious example.

If this guy thinks "Thou shalt not kill" means God wants Governments to sit back and do nothing.... while maniacs and terrorists slaughter their innocent citizens...he's got a warped concept of the commandment...of what it means to protect life ...and the righteous character of God.

[Jorge]

The release of old tape-recorded conversations between the two men reveal Graham to have been an antisemite and a hypocrite.

Does it really?
Right or wrong...since when does believing that Jews might dominate any profession..including the press...make one an "antisemite"???

And if he believed this was not for the good of the country...how exactly does that make Graham a hypocrite?

I believe that the Jews are God's people....but that doesn't mean I have to agree with every move they make. According to the Bible...God doesn't agree with all they do either.
So what?
This nit-picking to try bash Billy Graham by holding him to a higher standard of perfection than anybody else is hypocritical.

[Sci Fi Guy]

On his recent visit to China, President Bush informed his hosts that "95% of Americans", including the president, believed in God. While those figures may be accurate in the same way that the Florida presidential election results in 2000 were accurate, he is right in saying that a much larger percentage of Americans believe in God, heaven and hell than most other nationalities do.

This joker could not care or perhaps comprehend why Bush made that statement. The fact that the President was taking time to identify with brutally opressed people of China does not matter to this guy.