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10/25/2003 Entry: "Pledge"
Michael Newdow vows more challenges ahead
Future targets, Newdow promises, include the national motto "In God We Trust,"
its inscription on money and singing songs such as "God Bless America" at any
event on government property or at government-sponsored events.
Interview: Newdow speaks
The Meaning of 'Under God'
Knick-knack of civil religion
I question the time and energy some Christians are spending trying
to hang on to such knick-knacks of civil religion. I call them
knick-knacks because they have so little to do with the central
task of maintaining the household of biblical Christian faith.
So is God really being honored when schoolchildren pause, between
commas, and say, "under God"? Not for a second will I side with
those who want to take the two words out of the pledge. But neither do
I want to presume that it's the praise the God of the Bible is looking for.
