Re: 2020 Political Chatter
Originally Posted by
ides1056
I have thought the public admonishment of God to bless America expressed a singular arrogance and misunderstanding of this fundamental relationship, State to Almighty, or State<Almighty.
Bless God, America is more like it.
Were this the object of the christian right.
And also to quote/add on to Chik (can’t figure out how to do two quotes)...
Interesting few paragraphs about this/ separation of church and state/ how other countries are insistent on NOT plastering « In God we trust » etc everywhere in Fareed Zakaria’s excellent book « Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World ». One line is (this is from memory so not a direct quote) « how would Americans feel about the phrase if you substituted the word Allah for God every place you saw the phrase? »
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