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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

When does subtraction turn into addition?

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington, the plaintiffs demand that the words "so help me God" not be added to the end of the president's oath of office. - an article on cnn.com

While the tireless pursuit of those who hate/deny God is no grand surprise, what is surprising is how these people actually take themselves seriously. Added? In order to add these words to the end of the oath, they would have to not be part of the oath. What they want to do is subtract these words from the oath in order to satisfy their own atheistic agenda.

Shame on them for their open and unashamed bigotry, and pity them, for they seem to not understand the difference between adding and subtracting...

posted by Daniel @ 3:02 PM

2 Comments:

At 12:32 PM, January 02, 2009, Ten Cent said…

Hi Daniel,

At least they finally understand what Christians go through every day.

""Plaintiffs are placed in the untenable position of having to choose between not watching the presidential inauguration or being forced to countenance endorsements of purely religious notions that they expressly deny," according to the lawsuit."

Only, it happens to us no matter if we are watching the inauguration or seeing billboards on the highway.

And it's funny to think that hearing the words "so help me God" would force someone to appreciate and support the work of the Kingdom. If only it were that easy.

Happy New Year.

In Christ,
Ten Cent
At 5:19 PM, January 02, 2009, Anonymous said…

What's always puzzled me about this, and other measures like it, is that these people actually have the time to devote to such things. I truly don't have the time in my life to file suits in court to have words and phrases added or subtracted from oaths, pledges, books or anything else.

It's so ridiculously silly. I just want to say, "Get a life!"