"Under God" should be removed from the Pledge of allegiance.

Con says of my arguments A: "is spot on" B: "half right C: "spot on" D: "ties into my problem with B" E: "right on the money" Rebuttals: Con asks the question "Is it easier to remove God from school, or to to include God in school? " Being that the schools are public, meaning paid by tax dollars, and we should have a separation of church and state as con agreed, The question is not about which is easier, it should be which is consistent with our laws. That makes the question easy to answer. We should not include God in public schools funded by the state. Con says "Now anyone who watches the news or looks at social media knows religion is under attack in schools. Even mentioning God in public universities can get you failed by a anti-religious teacher. " There is no war on religion. No war against people attending church. No war against people celebrating religious holidays. No war against reading scriptures. No war against someone praying. There is a desire to separate church and state as our law dictates. This idea of a war on religion is mythology. Con says "But few actually know what the United States Justice System is based on. On the entrance to our Supreme Court building in Washington D. C. , there is a huge statue of a man. And in each of that man's arms is a stone tablet. Anyone know who this man is? It's Moses. In Moses's arms are the Ten Commandments. " I will list the ten commandments Forgive me as I am paraphrasing. .. 1: One God: 2: No bowing before Idols 3: not taking the Lords name in vain 4:Keep the Sabbath day holy 5: Honor your father and mother 6: No killing 7: No adultery 8: No Stealing 9: No bearing false witness 10: No coveting Of these ten, numbers 6 and 8 are the only ones included in our law. Maybe 9 if we reach a little. These three are certainly not exclusively judeo Christian as they are laws that are found almost universally across the world. Con says of Judeo Christianity "This is the foundation for American Law. " Not only is it obvious that we are not based of Christianity, many of the founders expressly stated that we are not. John Adams "The Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion. "(1) Thomas Jefferson "Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law. "(1) James Madison "The civil government functions with complete success by the total separation of the church from the state. "(1) Con says "Well, no sadly. Atheists, parading under the flag of "separation of church and state", (which as explained before, came from the same man who thought Christanity had "the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man. ") often try to erase God from everything in society. " Again, I think it is clear that atheists and other Americans (like myself) are not trying to erase God from everything in society. However, there are those of us trying to keep church and state separate. "you also erase a crucial part of the foundation of America. If not Judeo-Christian philosophy, then what did our Founders base our Justice System on? ." The United States is founding on principles of the Enlightenment period. This did involve some Christian ideologies, but it also included many who were not. One thing we know for sure". This nations founding principles include the of separation of church and state. Conclusion: As I concluded in round two "The phrase "under God" was not originally included in the pledge. " The reasons for adding the phrase are no longer relevant or sufficient reason keep it included. A main purpose of the pledge is to promote unity, the phrase "under God" has the opposite effect. Another purpose of the pledge is to promote patriotism, the phrase "under God" does not fit in that context. Children all across the U. S. are made to participate in this pledge, perhaps against their, or their parents preference. The phrase is a breach of our separation of church and state. Due to these reasons the phrase should be removed for the pledge of allegiance. " Thanks for reading!