Am I the only one annoyed by this picture?

[CliveStaples]

You mean we 'should' ? Fuck me,another one;who put you in charge? Who and what I respect are my decision.

Straw man. I never claimed to be in charge; I never claimed that "who and what you respect" aren't your decision.

I have now way of knowing if we even mean the same thing by 'liberty'. I don't even respect the jingoistic American version of democracy.

I don't think you know what jingoistic means, if you think that it describes the democracy established in the Constitution.

In my opinion the US constitution is both one of the noblest and one of the most cynical political documents I've ever read. I think it contains some wonderful and some idiotic ideas.

I have only contempt for the way the American (and Australian) constitution is ignored and intentionally misinterpreted by various governments and powerful vested interests. (such as say the NRA, and the lunar religious right)

Okay. What does that have to do with my argument? Or the topic at hand: the picture in the OP?

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My son doesn't stand, nor say the pledge at school. We had to talk to my daughter about it, because she's starting kindergarten this year. We said it for her out loud, and she looked at us blankly as we, like drones recited it for her. Then we got to the "under god" part, and her eyes got a little buggy. I told her she could participate if she wants to, but she doesn't have to. She said she'll think about it. I wanted to go ahead and tell her about it, that way she won't hear it, and shout out, "GOD AIN'T REAL!".... like she did in Sunday school class at her dad's church.

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Oh! And just like a good little critical thinker, she asked me, "which god are we talking about here?".

You should sign your kids up here, Alei. Way smarter than the average theist we get.

lol @ the atheists here thinking that they engage in critical thinking. Care to contribute on any of the threads that challenge your assumptions?