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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo tired of the phrase 'God bless America' - I would like to see it replaced with
'Long live the Republic!'But then I'm a cranky lapsed Unitarian.
KentuckyWoman
(6,692 posts)She thinks it's perfect because most of the time when people say it, it is because they don't think things are going very well.
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)Blue Owl
(50,490 posts)So the phrase pretty much lost any credibility with me
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,893 posts)Any invocation of a deity leaves me cold. And angry.
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)SammyWinstonJack
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stopbush
(24,396 posts)Dark n Stormy Knight
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the Republic's ears.
(Don't be surprised if the Republic turns a deaf ear to this very democratic idea.)
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)into the culture of the US.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)Solly Mack
(90,780 posts)Earthshine2
(4,044 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,254 posts)Hekate
(90,779 posts)Those of us who have lapsed from Unitarianism are lost little lambs indeed!
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)He was about three years out from marrying his longtime lady friend and retiring from the Catholic priest hood. For the second time.
flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)I do solemnly swear or even
Make it so.
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)DFW
(54,436 posts)Like that one store sign said so many years ago: "In God We Trust, all others pay cash."
GoneOffShore
(17,340 posts)DFW
(54,436 posts)Silent3
(15,259 posts)...I'd LOVE for all of the God blessing of this, that, and the other thing to stop, and the oaths on top of Bibles, etc.
As a practical person, however, I know you've got to pick your battles, and we'd still have Trump as President if Biden weren't showing all those God-fearin' 'mericans that he's a "man of deep faith".
I live a pretty privileged existence despite the unpopularity of atheism in American culture, so that does make it easier to put practicality ahead of my ideals of separation of church and state.
Buckeyeblue
(5,500 posts)Like you, I get why Biden is being very public about his faith. And I don't doubt for a second that it is genuine. It's like the small, very bitter side dish of an otherwise great meal. I scrape it to the side and try to ignore it.
I, personally, just can't share in that. And I've tried. But logically it doesn't add up. And I would fell silly (and dishonest) trying to pretend otherwise.
DFW
(54,436 posts)I'll be placing my hand on a copy of one of my favorite books. Choices will be:
The Lords of Discipline
Shibumi
Jitterbug Perfume
Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down