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Originally posted by Wonda
No, it should remain.
As you said, the phrase is engrained into our history. No matter what people believe, religion is the fuel that helped build the foundation to our nation. Plain and simple.
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This argument relies on the concept that tradition is "good."
I think that country has changed already enough to move away from its foundation -- which, I'd like to point out was founded on religious freedom. Using a non-secular "God" that not everyone believes doesn't say "religion is free here." It says "
our religion is free, if you don't practice it, you're weird."
Also, what benefit is there to keeping the phrase in usage?