God Bless America

[whatireallywant]

"God Bless America" - to me this is such a hackneyed phrase politicians use that it is almost as meaningful as the checkout girl at Walmart saying "Have a nice day."

Religiously speaking it's quite ludicrous because who tells their one and only all mighty maker of the universe and the heavens what to do?

"God Bless Hell" would be a more appropriate command for the all loving Christian god as hell is right here on earth.

I'm one of those "checkout girls" now (although not at Walmart). :redface: Yes, I do say "Have a nice day" or "Have a good day". We're told to be friendly to the customers as part of our job, and that's one way to do that. What else is a checkout person going to say? I know it's hackneyed, but what else are you going to do if it's part of your job?

About the topic though... I saw a bumper sticker in a catalog once that said "God bless the whole world - no exceptions". I like that better. I mean, I'm not saying that I hate America or anything - I'm glad I live here although I do think there are other countries that are probably just as good (having never actually been to another country yet though I can't really say one way or another). I do know that there are a lot of countries out there where the people have it a lot WORSE!

I don't sweat the "God" reference. I believe in separation of church and state, but "God Bless America" is not an official national song or anything like that, so in that it doesn't violate that separation.

 

[B_Nick4444]

Go to Hell:

NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Hell, Norway



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[motoramic]

It mildly annoys me because there is no god, and the frequent use of the phrase reinforces the impression that our nation is full of (and run by) people too ignorant even to understand the notion of mythology.

HazelGod, you say it very well. Thanks for the truth.

Are you sure you know the truth? All the "known evidences" that support one side or both sides of the viewpoints for atheists and believers do not give absolute certainty the truth whether god exist or not.

 

[D_Tintagel_Demondong]

Are you sure you know the truth? All the "known evidences" that support one side or both sides of the viewpoints for atheists and believers do not give absolute certainty the truth whether god exist or not.

Some of my favorites:

"My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it. An agnostic is somebody who doesn't believe in something until there is evidence for it, so I'm agnostic." --Carl Sagan, American astronomer and author

"The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma." --Abraham Lincoln, American president (1809-1865)

"Faith is the commitment of one's consciousness to beliefs for which one has no sensory evidence or rational proof. A mystic is a man who treats his feelings as tools of cognition. Faith is the equation of feeling with knowledge. " --Ayn Rand, Russian philosopher

"I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies." --Benjamin Franklin, American Founding Father, author, and inventor

"Lighthouses are more helpful then churches."--Benjamin Franklin, American Founding Father, author, and inventor

"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." -- George Bernard Shaw, Irish-born English playwright (1856-1950).

"All religions have been made by men."--Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor

"If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be -- a Christian."--Samuel Clemens "Mark Twain", American author and humorist (1835-1910).

 

[B_Nick4444]

hmmmm ... atheists seems rather passionate about their positions

just another ideology? hmmmm .........

 

[Drifterwood]

Let's agree.

God bless a merry licker.

 

[earllogjam]

Let's agree.

God bless a merry licker.

I like this one better, "God Bless Oral Sex"

 

[earllogjam]

I'm one of those "checkout girls" now (although not at Walmart). :redface: Yes, I do say "Have a nice day" or "Have a good day". We're told to be friendly to the customers as part of our job, and that's one way to do that. What else is a checkout person going to say? I know it's hackneyed, but what else are you going to do if it's part of your job?

Noting against checkout girls wirw. It's just when people who don't know me tell me to "Have a nice day" I have the inclination to sit them down and tell them my life story so they won't say that to me again. Bah Humbug

 

[Drifterwood]

I like this one better, "God Bless Oral Sex"

I'm concerned that there will be confusion as to whether it is better to give than to receive.

Does the existence of godness matter with regard to that?

 

[earllogjam]

I'm concerned that there will be confusion as to whether it is better to give than to receive.

Does the existence of godness matter with regard to that?

Hmmm, you're right about the confusion. Oral Sex - some Christian group would reinterpret that to mean reciting erotica out loud - just to spite homosexuals.

For some reason they have a tendency to pick and choose who and what gets blessed by their god.

 

[Drifterwood]

For some reason they have a tendency to pick and choose who and what gets blessed by their god.

Does their God know this? :wink:

 

[B_Hung Jon]

Zeus bless America also. We don't want to forget traditional religion.

 

[hot-rod]

i am considering leaving America, and i was born here with family going back pre-revolution. it has been taken over by a bunch of National Socialists that have taken our freedom away. i am embarrassed to call myself American.

question is where should i go?

Well, if you are a conservative, what ever that means, you could go maybe to Russia or maybe China?? They are very conservative there, I hear????