Pledge As Creed?

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Anyone ever feel weird saying the Pledge of Allegence because it feels like a creed?

[iggyjoan]

no... it's more like a promise if that makes any sense.

[kenrockthefirst]

I have a similar experience. I always feel like saying "Amen" at the end of the Pledge.

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[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance[/url]

sounds like a religious creed. They even use the term ritual.

I know the JW believe this. Im not joking really. But it just seems weird

[Knight of the Holy Rosary]

When I was a kid I always had to fight the urge to make the Sign of the Cross at the end of the pledge.

[iggyjoan]

yeah. i see what you're saying now.

[Paladin]

Inherent in the American tapestry is a sense of religiosity, even when it is unwarranted. For example, compare the Lincoln Memorial with the ancient Statue of Zeus at Olympia:
[img]http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/washington-dc/images/s/washington-dc-lincoln-memorial-s.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.sikyon.com/Olympia/Art/zeus_olymp.jpg[/img]
It was specifically designed to resemble the ancient god in an attempt to "deify" the great president. Similarly compare the Lincoln Memorial structure with the Athenian Parthenon, or the Capitol Building with the Roman Pantheon

And to top it all off, the Apotheosis of George Washington from the Capitol Rotunda:
[img]http://www.dcisoc.org/ietf61/US_Capitol_Gaines/images/us_capitol_rotunda_apotheosis_of_george_washington.jpg[/img]
a·poth·e·o·sis (noun) - the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god.

That's not me being smarmy, that's the [url="http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/gw/gwmain.html"]actual title of the fresco[/url]. It portrays George Washington ascending body and soul into Heaven, seated between the Goddess Liberty and Lady Fame. Americans like their government democratic, their food fried, and their religion American.

So yeah, the Pledge does sound like a creed. I suspect it's supposed to, if only subconsciously.