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GUEST,Nerd BS: Pledge of allegiance ruled out! Part 2 (112* d) RE: BS: Pledge of allegiance ruled out! Part 2 02 Jul 02


LH,

I think that your understanding of polytheism is very self-serving. "It's really just one God that has many aspects, so it's basically the same as my religion." That is NOT the ancient Greek, ancient egyptian, etc, concept of polytheism at all. When Akhenaten tried to introduce monotheism to egypt, he succeeded as long as he was alive. Then for generations his visage was scratched out of every frieze and fresco. He became a hated figure for generations, because people did not believe there was just one deity, but many.

Obviously, those religions are gone now. But it's dangerous to assume other religions are just like yours with different outward trappings. They're not. They're different. Reference to any individual religion in a government-funded or mandated program is unconstitutional and obviously runs counter to the idea of the separation of church and state. It's not about whiners or fanatics being offended.




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