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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.

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.