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Originally Posted by OBW
Leave the flag outside. Pledge to it elsewhere. Sing to it elsewhere. Just not within the worship of God.
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Considering what Matthew(?) has Jesus saying on the mount, concerning taking oaths : not to 'heaven, earth, or even Jerusalem,' I don't know if we should take our patriotism that far. The JW's take it literally, so they won't salute the flag.
Like most of us, I grew up saying the pledge of allegiance, hand on heart. But I grew up and found it silly. I was born on the earth, not Mars, so why pledge to just a small section of geography? I resented that I was made to do it.
Now I don't. But at least I can quote Jesus.