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

Good Lord! (Oops, can I say that?). This is a lot of information to chop through. So I'll go through the debate points, or letters in this case, one at a time. Everything in letter "A" is spot on. Good research and good history fact finding Pro. "B" is half right, and "C" is also spot on. "D" ties into my problem with "B", and "E" is also right on the money. Now onto my problems with "B" and "D". Now Pro states in his intro that he is a "strong supporter of liberty". That is great! But ask yorself this: Is it easier to remove God from school, or to to include God in school? 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. Now separation of church and state is important. Keeps religious punishments like stoning out of our justice system. We all can agree that it's nessiary to overlook our religious differences to work together and solve problems. 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. Now why is there a statue of Moses outside our Supreme Court? Because the United States Justice System is based on Judeo-Christian philosophy. This is the foundation for American Law. Phrases like "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness", "In God we trust" and "Do you solemnly swear to tell the the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you God" tell the American citizen that religion played a major part in shaping our country. Even the devout atheist Thomas Jefferson said that Christianity had "the most sublime and benevolent code of morals which has ever been offered to man." Now Jefferson is certainly not a religious man, but he understood that the philosophy of God had a huge role in the foundation of the United States. Now for God Himself. He promises us that those who follow Him will have everlasting life, and that all are welcome to follow Him and His teachings. But He does not force you to believe anything. It's your choice if you want to embrace Him. If not, fine. This is a direct link to freedom of and from religion. It's your choice if you want to believe, just as it's your choice to stand and recite His Name during the pledge. And what happens to those who force someone to stand during the pledge of alligence? They are ruthlessly attacked by both religious and atheist people alike, as they should be. God gives you the choice to follow, and 2,014 years later that choice is still here. And many Americans take advantage of that choice, as they should. Now this does cause division among the more extreme of both sides, and God tells those who choose to follow him "Love your neighbor as yourself, and forgive them if they hurt you. Turn the other cheek." (Btw, the "neighbor" part includes homosexuals, women who abort children and atheists people). Now if you love everyone (your neighbor) as yourself, then there will be no problems between Christians and atheists right? 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. This includes American public schools. But to erase religion from the classroom, 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? No other country at the time had a justice system that operates like ours. The closest one is Great Britain, but they're a monarchy who's kings power had to be forcibly limited by the Magna Carta. But America chose elections over kings. George Washington, the father of this country, was even asked to be king. But old George knew that that would lead to disaster in the wrong hands. Imagine where America would be if presidents like Jackson, Johnson, Roosevelt, Wilson, FDR, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, Bush 1, Bush 2 and Obama were given unrestricted power over their citizens? (I say citizens and not constituents, because you are nothing in a regime like that). So George Washington looked at the man who asked him that and simply said "I didn't fight George III to become George I." Amen to that. And because of that one simple choice in history, 320 million Americans now have the choice to either stuff their fingers in their ears, or stand up and put their hand over their heart. A choice that is just as important as the choice God gave everybody. You can choose to believe or you can say this "God stuff isn't really my thing". And this is why Moses stands outside our Supreme Court, silently reminding us all of the key role Judeo-Christain philosophy played in the foundation of our country. A role that both Thomas Jefferson, an atheist, and George Washington, a God fearing man, both understood. That should wrap it up. Both points were covered with a dash of history mixed into it. Sources can be found in front of the Supreme Court, in major news stories involving atheist and ACLU groups at public schools, The Bible itself and from authors of books about George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Hope the readers learned something, or maybe some of you already knew this! Anyway I will see you all in the final round! And Pro, are we opening up new arguments, or giving a conclusion, or what? Thanks everyone and good luck in your individual debates! -Alec R.