I see no point in having the phrase "so help me God" in the oath office. If you can't promise to do your utmost best for your country without decorating it with some kind of supernatural legitimacy, then to me your promise is meaningless. Leaving god out shows that the oathmaker is prepared to take full responsibilty for his actions and decisions.

But I don't agree with militant atheism, either. No better than any religious or political organisation that works to ram some kind of tenet down unwilling throats.

The mob is the untruth.

For me - the jury is still out on atheism. Religions can't prove God exists and atheism can't prove God doesn't exist. I tend to think that if God does exist in the religious context, then he is a cold, uninvolved bastard. This thought is based on ages of unchecked suffering (especially the children). And the feeling has only grown as I've aged and been exposed to more horror.

I will probably recant (just like so many others) in late age. When mortality threatens and I am trying to cover all angles. But that is another day.