Save the Pledge!
In One Nation, Enriched by Biblical Wisdom, an excellent article defending the continued use of the phrase "One nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegience, author David Brooks contrasts Europe with the United States:
In One Nation, Enriched by Biblical Wisdom, an excellent article defending the continued use of the phrase "One nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegience, author David Brooks contrasts Europe with the United States:
- "For example, it's been painful to watch thoroughly secularized Europeans try to grapple with Al Qaeda. The bombers declare, 'You want life, and we want death'— a (fanatical) religious statement par excellence. But thoroughly secularized listeners lack the mental equipment to even begin to understand that statement. They struggle desperately to convert Al Qaeda into a political phenomenon: the bombers must be expressing some grievance. This is the path to permanent bewilderment."
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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