tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post1527448951198911790..comments2023-10-20T05:51:51.625-04:00Comments on The THINK 3 INSTITUTE: "Under God," AgainSamuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-56552263484868707592010-03-14T03:42:13.950-04:002010-03-14T03:42:13.950-04:00Traditions are nothing more than a collective habi...Traditions are nothing more than a collective habit. Just as some habits are good and some are bad, so with traditions. And, just as an intelligent person quits bad habits, an intelligent society should have sense enough to quit bad traditions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-68629751375747060802010-03-13T23:07:15.314-05:002010-03-13T23:07:15.314-05:00Hobbyfan: I think you miss the point, since the ve...Hobbyfan: I think you miss the point, since the version of the Pledge you know is the "trifled with" one. The tradition set in 1892 was "examined" in the 1950s and altered to suit the times, which proves, as Crhymethinc may acknowledge, that the examination of traditions doesn't automatically produce good results. Doesn't mean we shouldn't keep at it, though.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-55411126140866326782010-03-12T14:42:54.608-05:002010-03-12T14:42:54.608-05:00Crhyme: I think Newdow is looking for a shoulder t...Crhyme: I think Newdow is looking for a shoulder to lean on. Care to volunteer?hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-6578890659232613832010-03-11T22:40:51.196-05:002010-03-11T22:40:51.196-05:00No. All traditions must be examined in every gene...No. All traditions must be examined in every generation. Eventually, all traditions must fall. Especially any tradition based on superstitious and primitive "beliefs". Until "god" shows his ugly mug here on earth for all of us to laugh at, we must assume there is no "god" and all religion is a lie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820814198873126054.post-23536930506369429492010-03-11T20:23:36.488-05:002010-03-11T20:23:36.488-05:00And here I thought the Pledge, as we recited when ...And here I thought the Pledge, as we recited when we were kids, was the original version! Nice to know that there are some things steeped in tradition that you just can't trifle with.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.com