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Fahrenheit 9/11
it290 - Jun 29, 2004

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  Lyzel Jun 30, 2004
Ugh.. I'm not going to get involved in this thread. Though, I find it dumb that people actually believe everything that is thrown at them.

Ah well =)

 mal Jun 30, 2004
So when did you see it?

[edit] I see that you're not interested in rational discussion... all I wanted to do was find out if you'd seen it yourself or were just repeating someone else's opinons.

 Mask of Destiny Jun 30, 2004

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by ExCyber+Jun 30, 2004 @ 08:25 PM-->
QUOTE(ExCyber @ Jun 30, 2004 @ 08:25 PM)
 Yeah, people (in general, not just Christians) tend to be fantastic at forgetting principle when it's inconvenient. I wonder how many Christians think the Pledge of Allegiance is great even though Jesus pretty much says oaths are the work of Satan (Matthew 5:33-37)... [/b]



If you look at the examples Jesus gives in the passage, they primarily involve swearing on something greater/of higher authority than the person making the oath. In essence, their dishonesty made it so their 'yes' was not enough to convince others of their truthfulness. The pledge of allegiance isn't much more than a promise of allegiance (and God himself makes many promises).

In contrast, taking an oath as a witness in a court trial would technically fall under this since in essence you are promising to be more honest than you normally would because you said the magic words. However, since this is more a legal formality I don't see any real problem with it.

This is not to say I'm a big fan of the pledge. I think most people just recite it out of habit without really thinking about it. I know I did back when I was in elementary school.