[thechat] More Pledge news

Lachlan Cannon luminosity at members.evolt.org
Mon Jul 1 21:59:00 CDT 2002


Quackamoe said:
> I'm missing how "under God" is an inherently and
> exclusively Christian phrase. I think Jews believe in
> God, as do Muslims. Maybe there are other religions
> in the US the members of which believe in God.*
> Granted, they have slight to enormous differences in
> how they define God, but even Christian denominations
> differ in that definition. So, Matt, how do you reach
> your conclusion the the phrase "under God" "excludes
> all non-Christian religions"?

Not necessarily all non-Christian religions, but any religion which isn't
based on a Male monotheistic deity.

Lach
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