Idolatry
An unoriginal piece by a Commie pretending to be a "former fundamentalist" nevertheless makes a good point. Or rather one of the commenters on the piece makes a good point. Pledging your allegiance to a flag is idolatry, and pledging your allegiance to the idea of a republic is silly. Serious Christians and serious Muslims are strictly opposed to idolatry for good reasons.

Most of the commenters are typical and boring Commies, objecting mainly to "under God".

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The 1954 insertion of "under God" was even more idolatrous and silly than the pledge itself. It implies that the flag and the idea of the republic and God are all woven together and should be worshipped together. Of course the republic itself ceased to exist in 1803 when the Supreme Satans declared themselves to be absolute emperors, so the idea of the republic is a completely empty concept.

It was silly from another angle, which I hadn't thought about till now. Supposedly "under God" was meant to reinforce our "battle" against "godless Communism" as embodied in the USSR.

(1) It's no longer clear that we were actually battling against anything. Another event of 1954, Comrade Roy Cohn's coup d'etat, placed Soviet agents firmly in charge of the military and the media, where they remain firmly in charge. And our pointless wars in Korea and Vietnam were actually helping to weaken and distract China, giving an advantage to Russia.

(2) Russians, then and now, were and are more firmly religious than Americans. While Soviet export propaganda was stirring up violent anti-religion among our progressive enlightened elites, internal actions were much more tolerant. Long after our progressive elites had banned all mention of religion in schools, Polish classrooms had a cross on the wall. Measured comparatively, we're the "godless" side.

(3) "Under God" gave our progressive elites a fine weapon to use against "neanderthal fundies". By suing schools down to bedrock, our progressives were able to destroy religion and civilization more effectively and quickly than they could have otherwise.

(4) Loyalty oaths for teachers and other officials were introduced at the same time, and were equally silly and counterproductive. Oaths served no purpose except to create disloyalty. Real Soviet agents had no problem with saying "I have never been a Communist." Lying was part of their arsenal. Thoughtful people had a big problem with stating an ideology to get a job. It seemed like tyranny, and it was.
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