Why one Nation Under God Should Stay in the Pledge of Allegiance

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Why One Nation under God should stay in the pledge of allegiance

Cyndi Copley

XBCOM/275 Business Communication and Critical thinking

April 5, 2015

Rhonda Curry

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     What does the statement “One nation under God” really stand for or signify to our society

today, Atheists are claiming it is “unconstitutional” for those words to be in the pledge? Then on

the other side you have Christians claiming "this country was founded on Godly beliefs.  Our

forefathers came over here aboard ships to escape England’s tyranny and oppression on Religion.  

So which is it are these four words indeed unconstitutional and need be removed, or are they

protected under the first amendment and have the right to remain

     Christians have been using the statement our founding forefathers fleeing England’s tyranny

over religion forever.  It seems to be an all-time favorite, however, is it really supposed to prove

we are indeed a Christian nation.  The real question is does “under God” in the of pledge

allegiance hold this nation together as a Christian nation.  This nation’s actual start was as a

penal colony, Europe decided that they were going to use the wilderness over here to send all the

unwanted people and the criminals they did not want to deal with anymore here to live so that

they did not have to look at them. So in 1620 when the Pilgrim’s decided that they had enough of

England telling them who to worship where to worship, and when to worship they boarded the

Mayflower and set sail for what is now known as The United States of America.  Soon after they

ventured over here to this land the Puritans decided that it would be a good idea to follow suit

and did the same thing.  This in turn opened the doors to an endless stream of millions upon

millions of immigrants that have continued in the centuries since. (America’s True history of

religious tolerance, 2015)

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     At the time the colonies were actually coming together which began the start of this nation,