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House Votes to Reaffirm ‘In God We Trust’

Discussion in 'News & Current Events' started by mandym, Nov 2, 2011.

  1. Aaron

    Aaron Member
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    You're forgetting one very important purpose of government, and that is to promote the general welfare*. One can hollar "hypocrite" all he wants, it's a function of the office.

    *That doesn't mean the redistribution of money.
     
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    Is it a perverted lie to sing the National Anthem? So many Americans do not proudly hail the star-spangled banner? And can a nation be free and brave, or can only individuals?
     
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    It is never claimed the nation is brave and free, it is the land of the free and home of the brave.


    And of course people sing words without meaning them all the time, even in church

    That is a lot different that perpetuating the lie that America puts her trust in God.
     
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    I'm not convinced. Just how? One either means what one says/sings, or one does not.
     
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    This quote says nothing distinctive about Christianity or the gospel. The founding documents contain nothing distinctive, either. Even if they did, this country has never looked like Christ in any sense, and therefore cannot be called a "Christian" place.
     
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    One is personal, the other corporate. One is a person choosing to lie is song, another is representatives choosing a lie. Neither is right.
     
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    Obama Put the House in the Position of...

    ....reaffirming the slogan. They had no choice after Obama claimed God would get jobs for Americans :thumbs:
     
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    Could be, but we can't read their hearts.
     
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    Of course it does. If you don't like the answer , ask a different question.

    Or provide a better , more accurate answer.
     
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    Home of the brave? Are there countries with only cowardly citizens? Can't think of any.
     
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    They are the ones who who'd rather live comfortably as slaves than suffer for liberty. That's practically every other country, especially in Europe. It's pretty much this country now.
     
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    Bite your tongue!
     
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    One either means what one says/sings, or one does not.

    Quite significant. If we are part of a corporate body-- in church, as citizens of a nation-- and we say or sing anything which claims "we...anything," only one person therein being untruthful makes the corporate body untruthful. So... we don't sing or say anything as a corporate body. Should we?
     
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    "LIBERTY" means what?

    "Freedom's just another word for 'nothing left to lose'."
     
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