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

Well I belive there is a war on Christmas and religion, but that subject can be debated later. But our justice system is based on the philosophy, not the religion. It had a tremendous role in helping establish our country. (Hints Moses outside the most important court room in America). Most of the 10 commandments are punishable (we're not talking across the world, since our justice system because of the Judeo-Christain philosophy) not only in the court room but also within the family. Honor your mother and father is a big one in the majority of American households. It ties in to do as your told, be respectful and don't lie. In the court room, killing, stealing, committing adultery and bearing false witness are some of the most highly punishable crimes in America that one can commit (coincidence?). So we are indeed based on the philosophy of God, while also being free from a Christain religion. Now the Founders are the greatest men America has ever seen. But Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were only two out of the seven Founding Fathers. Men like John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and George Washington all were religious men who believed that the Divine Providence would play a role in America and American law. Even Jefferson said (as stated above) that Christanity had "the most sublime and benovlant code of morals which has ever been offered to man." Jefferson, an athiest agreed with God's philosophy, though not believing in His existence. Jefferson agreed with Jesus's message of love, tolerance, forgiveness and redemption, but did not believe in His existence. Most athiest would agree on the message of God, even if they don't t believe in Him. One of those athiests would be James Madison who once said "If the public homage of a people can ever be worthy the favorable regard of the Holy and Omniscient Being to whom it is addressed, it must be that in which those who join in it are guided only by their free choice, by the impulse of their hearts and the dictates of their consciences; and such a spectacle must be interesting to all Christian nations as proving that religion, that gift of Heaven for the good of man, freed from all coercive edicts, from that unhallowed connection with the powers of this world which corrupts religion into an instrument or an usurper of the policy of the state...Upon these principles and with these views the good people of the United States are invited, in conformity with the resolution aforesaid, to dedicate the day above named to the religious solemnities therein recommended." Call me crazy but it seems that Madison claims "these principles" are proper for Christian nations to conform to. Freedom of Conscience is what he is referring to, while comparing us with all Christian nations, to what common sense dictates, we must be a Christian nation. Common sense asks why would Madison compare us with a Christian nation if he did not believe we were such, because he, like Jefferson was an atheist. Well, James Madison believed the context of the First Amendment, as the other Founding Fathers believed, that freedom of conscience was granted to all, and a Christian denomination was the only sect that could not be established by the Federal Government. Notice the correct context for the First Amendment by the Father of the Bill of Rights: "All men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that no particular sect or society of Christians ought to be favored or established by law in preference to others." James Madison agreed with this context as did the other framers. If Madison was a athiest at this time, it's odd that he would tell Christians we were a Christian nation. Perhaps he was more open minded to the idea of God than Thomas Jefferson was. James Madison never straight out said "I believe in God!", but his words and way of thinking leave many today wondering if deep down he was a religious man. It's more likely he was confused about Christianity, never having studying about it as a boy, and possibly learning about it from his fellow Founders, one of whom was a close friend: Thomas Jefferson. And as for John Adams, he once wrote in his personal journal: "Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited! Every member would be obliged in conscience, to temperance, frugality, and industry; to justice, kindness, and charity towards his fellow men; and to piety, love, and reverence toward Almighty God ... What a Eutopia, what a Paradise would this region be." Adams didn't believe that the United States was founded on the Christian religion, but he was indeed supportive of it. And since the United States foundation is based on Judeo Christian philosophy, all three of these men got what they wanted. Adams got his wish of the United States Justice System following the majority of God's Ten Commandments, Jefferson was able to use Judeo-Christian philosophy to prove that no one is forced to believe in God, and Madison showed what could be accomplished if people were willing to open their minds to different ideas and beliefs. So over 200 years later, a child in an American public school can use Thomas Jefferson, and God ironically, to say "I don't want to believe in God!" You can take God out of school, but American kids deserve to know about the men, and ultimately the philosophy that helped shape our country. And to know this information, you have to include all aspects of our founding, including God. Not even Thomas Jefferson would say no to banning parts of history (particularly those that include him). Religious topics today do divide people, but isn't our differences what make us stronger? The Founders 200 years ago thought so, as did Jesus over 1,000 years before them. But ignoring our history and banning different ideas divides us beyond repair