Islam: Our Partners in Peace...

[ForeverAutumn]

FA, I do not believe in Budda, have no opinion on it, and it does not effect me at all. I cannot see were ANY belief in God would effect anyone that does not believe in him.

It's not the actual 'believe or don't believe' that affects me. It's the actions that people take based on those beliefs. Prejudice against homosexuals, people trying to take away my right to have an abortion, and reference to God in my national anthem as a few examples. Those things affect me whether or not I believe in God. So I have an opinion.

[Hyfi]

It's not the actual 'believe or don't believe' that affects me. It's the actions that people take based on those beliefs. Prejudice against homosexuals, people trying to take away my right to have an abortion, and reference to God in my national anthem as a few examples. Those things affect me whether or not I believe in God. So I have an opinion.

I stopped saying The Pledge Of Allegiance To The Flag in about 4th grade for similar reasons. Again, we are One World under God and he does nothing more for our nation than he does for all others, if he does anything at all.

[ForeverAutumn]

I stopped saying The Pledge Of Allegiance To The Flag in about 4th grade for similar reasons. Again, we are One World under God and he does nothing more for our nation than he does for all others, if he does anything at all.

When I was in grade school they still recited The Lord's Prayer every morning. I was raised in a Jewish household where we didn't pray that way. But yet every morning I was made to stand with the class and recite this christian prayer. I did it because not doing it would have made me stand out in the crowd. But I always knew that it was wrong for me...as a Jew then, as an atheist now.

When I sing our national anthem I don't sing "God keep our land glorious and free". I sing, "O Canada, glorious and free". I hope I'm never asked to sing at a hockey or baseball game.