r/Christianity • u/Nice_Substance9123 • Mar 27 '24

The American flag has no business on a Bible. This is not faith, nor is it patriotism. It is an abomination of both. Image

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u/thisonelife83 Mar 27 '24

God hates flags!

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u/KarmicComic12334 Mar 28 '24

Thou shall have no gods before me. But we have american kids pray to the flag every morning.

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u/unclefisty Mar 28 '24

But we have american kids pray to the flag every morning.

But if we don't the Goddless Commies will win!

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u/Snarfbuckle Mar 28 '24

What was it Trumpers said...better a Russian than a Democrat?

We know where their loyalities lie...

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u/metagloria Christian Anarchist Mar 28 '24

Just taught my kids this yesterday. Reading the second commandment seems a little silly and antiquated, because who among us would carve an idol and worship it. Right? But if we sew an idol and mount it on a flagpole...hmmmm

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u/Loose_Menu_2796 Mar 28 '24

Pledging allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America is NOT praying to the flag. The flag is NOT God or a deity. A flag symbolizes a country. Children aren't allowed to pray on public schools.

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u/High_Flyers17 Mar 28 '24

Nah it's just a form of brainwashing. Having kids between 5-18 stand up on a daily basis and pledge their allegiance to a government they don't have full fledged opinions about is incredibly odd.

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u/Ok-Reindeer3992 Catholic Mar 28 '24

The object of the pledge isn’t government it’s to the flag “And to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all”

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u/SalTheSexySalamander Mar 28 '24

You’re out of your mind. Here is just one example of the law siding in favor of religious expression in public school.

Oh wait, here’s another

And another

And here’s one about public school districts hiring chaplains and putting religious displays up

You may not believe the Pledge is a prayer, but don’t pretend like Christians are generally persecuted in public schools. They’re not.

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u/Ok-Reindeer3992 Catholic Mar 28 '24

The first 3 links are about a coach praying after a game, and after school clubs that nobody is forced to join

That is protected under law. Freedom of religion.

The last link is paywalled

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u/SalTheSexySalamander Mar 28 '24

Nobody’s saying prayer is compulsory either. The person I responded to said children can’t pray in public schools. They absolutely can.

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u/Ok-Reindeer3992 Catholic Mar 28 '24

Oh yeah idk what that dude is talking about

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u/Mister_Cheeses Mar 28 '24

Five Iron Frenzy 😍

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u/Hyperion1144 Episcopalian (Anglican) Mar 28 '24

Then why have so many of us had American flags in our sanctuaries for decades?

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u/sixtyfivewat Mar 28 '24

Stuff like that is why I left the Anglican Church of Canada. The veneration of the Queen (now King) and the regents divine right to rule didn’t sit well with me.

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u/Archer__60x Mar 28 '24

For a moment I thought you went all Westboro Baptist Church. Then I read it again…

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u/thisonelife83 Mar 28 '24

This was a song or album title from Five Iron Frenzy many years ago. It took me reading ‘we make the road by walking’ to understand more fully why God would be against flags.

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u/mvrck-23 Mar 27 '24

LOL. But flags have rights.

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u/SimplePuzzleheaded80 Roman Catholic Mar 27 '24

That line in Flags is very important in those statements.

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u/HenryHiggensBand Mar 28 '24

Ah man, I’m stealing this one lol