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Article #1942Re: Not one person in WWII said"...under God"
From: TCCRA Racer Guy
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 19:30
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 19:30
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C21DE7.1E023FF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Your point is well taken and no, I have never hit the wall in turn four. = I have hit several tree's and rocks at high speeds (www.tccra.org) and I assume the effect is generally the same as hitting the wall in turn = four, but I fail to see what that has to do with anything we are discussing = here. :- ) As far as the "religious zealots" are concerned, I guess you could = consider me as such, but then that makes it easy to dismiss me without serious debate, which in turn, makes you a poossy... More smiles :- ) I will say that 2000 years of history and belief is both hard and = foolish to deny. Further more, America, was founded on the Christian faith so = "Under God" seems not only important to me, but to several other generations = before me. I think what they (Eisenhower alone?) added to the pledge in 1954 = was just correcting a long over due oversight, since the founding fathers of this great nation did make reference to a supreme (God) being in both = the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Am I not now forced to accept some poor unfortunate ignorant fools = belief in no God at all since he convinced a court to declared it = unconstitutional? But does all this really matter? Most definitely not. What will matter = is what you believe and where your faith is at the moment of your death. = If I'm wrong and they are right, no loss. If I'm right and your wrong, = your screwed.............. "Marcus Taliaferro" <mlt@ev1.net> wrote in message news:3d1b37e4_2@newsa.ev1.net... > It was his reference to Monte statement: > > "hoNot one single citizen or soldier ever uttered the pledge prior to > that time with the phrase '...under God' included. Are we to then > conclude that all those soldiers who fought Hitler and Tojo were less > patriotic? Less American? That all those American men and women who > died in WWII were condemned to a godless hell bereft of the company of > religious zealots, and paranoid ridden citizens who go to bed each > night in camoflage pajamas? > > racer then said: > > > > "TCCRA Racer Guy" <TCCRARacerGuy@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > news:17FS8.204425$6m5.166829@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net... > > > > I see your confused. > > > > > > > > We say "Under God" today, in 2002 > > > > maybe you'll catch up with the rest of us someday, or live to > > > Cali......... > > I didn't bring Monte statement with the post. Hope that clears it > M > > ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C21DE7.1E023FF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Your point is well taken and no, I have = never hit=20 the wall in turn four. I<BR>have hit several tree's and rocks at = high=20 speeds (</FONT><A href=3D"http://www.tccra.org"><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>www.tccra.org</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>) and = I<BR>assume the=20 effect is generally the same as hitting the wall in turn four,<BR>but I = fail to=20 see what that has to do with anything we are discussing here.<BR>:- = )<BR><BR>As=20 far as the "religious zealots" are concerned, I guess you could = consider<BR>me=20 as such, but then that makes it easy to dismiss me without = serious<BR>debate,=20 which in turn, makes you a poossy... More smiles :- )<BR><BR>I = will say=20 that 2000 years of history and belief is both hard and foolish = to<BR>deny. =20 Further more, America, was founded on the Christian faith so = "Under<BR>God"=20 seems not only important to me, but to several other generations=20 before<BR>me. I think what they (Eisenhower alone?) added to the = pledge in=20 1954 was<BR>just correcting a long over due oversight, since the = founding=20 fathers of<BR>this great nation did make reference to a supreme (God) = being in=20 both the<BR>Declaration of Independence and the = Constitution.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><BR>Am I not now forced to accept some = poor=20 unfortunate ignorant fools belief in<BR>no God at all since he convinced = a court=20 to declared it unconstitutional?<BR><BR>But does all this really = matter? =20 Most definitely not. What will matter is<BR>what you believe and = where=20 your faith is at the moment of your death. If<BR>I'm wrong and = they are=20 right, no loss. If I'm right and your wrong,=20 your<BR>screwed..............<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>"Marcus Taliaferro" = <</FONT><A href=3D"mailto:mlt@ev1.net"><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>mlt@ev1.net</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>> wrote in = message<BR></FONT><A href=3D"news:3d1b37e4_2@newsa.ev1.net"><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>news:3d1b37e4_2@newsa.ev1.net</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>...<BR>> It was his reference to Monte = statement:<BR>><BR>>=20 "hoNot one single citizen or soldier ever uttered the pledge prior = to<BR>>=20 that time with the phrase '...under God' included. Are we to = then<BR>>=20 conclude that all those soldiers who fought Hitler and Tojo were = less<BR>>=20 patriotic? Less American? That all those American men and women=20 who<BR>> died in WWII were condemned to a godless hell bereft of the = company=20 of<BR>> religious zealots, and paranoid ridden citizens who go to bed = each<BR>> night in camoflage pajamas?<BR>><BR>> racer then=20 said:<BR>><BR>> > > "TCCRA Racer Guy" <</FONT><A=20 href=3D"mailto:TCCRARacerGuy@hotmail.com"><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>TCCRARacerGuy@hotmail.com</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>> wrote in=20 message<BR>> > > </FONT><A=20 href=3D"news:17FS8.204425$6m5.166829@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net"><FONT = face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>news:17FS8.204425$6m5.166829@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net</FONT></A= ><FONT=20 face=3DArial size=3D2>...<BR>> > > > I see your = confused.<BR>> >=20 > ><BR>> > > > We say "Under God" today, in = 2002<BR>> >=20 > > maybe you'll catch up with the rest of us someday, or live = to<BR>>=20 > > Cali.........<BR>><BR>> I didn't bring Monte statement = with the=20 post. Hope that clears it<BR>>=20 M<BR>><BR>><BR><BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C21DE7.1E023FF0--
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 106ed4,8fce307e743a83d6 X-Google-Attributes: gid106ed4,public X-Google-Thread: 103916,8fce307e743a83d6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103916,public X-Google-Thread: 109097,8fce307e743a83d6 X-Google-Attributes: gid109097,public X-Google-Thread: 10a12a,8fce307e743a83d6 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a12a,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-27 12:30:06 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn1feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!sccrnsc02.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "TCCRA Racer Guy" <TCCRARacerGuy@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: tx.general,houston.general,ny.general,ca.general References: <3d1b168e.13577253@news.ev1.net> <17FS8.204425$6m5.166829@rwcrnsc51.ops.asp.att.net> <3d1b2989_2@newsa.ev1.net> <affb34$dgbq2$1@ID-125584.news.dfncis.de> <3d1b37e4_2@newsa.ev1.net> Subject: Re: Not one person in WWII said"...under God" Lines: 178 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_002B_01C21DE7.1E023FF0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <1JJS8.328046$352.36732@sccrnsc02> NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.237.179.230 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc02 1025206205 12.237.179.230 (Thu, 27 Jun 2002 19:30:05 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 19:30:05 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 19:30:06 GMT