Hollow pledge: the problem with 'under God'
Christian Century, Nov 16, 2004 by Rodney Clapp
This means and entails many things In the ease of the pledge it means that atheists should not be alone in hoping to see this "God" dropped from it. Faithful and thoughtful Christians should also want the pledge to be returned to its pre-1954 form, and thereby end any pretense of embracing a henotheistic God or cheapening their own faith language.
Rodney Clapp is editorial director of Brazos Press and author of Tortured Wonders: Christian Spirituality for People, Not Angels.
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