Comment: The military/intel/political/business elite have never been devout believers in God, but they are subtly forcing you to have one :) Why? It is easier to control those who believe in one. The role of religion in establishing social cohesion should not be underestimated. As Peak Oil ushers in a new era of global misery, does anyone know of a better way of maintaining a degree of order? How else will the poor be thankful to the state for the very little that they have... it's all happening because God wished it so. :)
Related: The 'Greatest Generation' didn't pledge 'under God'The nation's largest group of atheists and agnostics filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday to stop the engraving of "In God We Trust" and the "one nation under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance in the new Capitol Visitor Center.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin-based church-state watchdog group, claimed the engravings are unconstitutional and would exclude the 15% of Americans who identify themselves as non-religious.
"We are effectively being told that we are political outsiders ... because we don't trust in God," said Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
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