I saw a shorter version of this article in the Episcopal Cafe. This is apparently the full version and "fleshes out" the subject a bit more. Much more could be said about this, and I have in the past. One item that is telling about Flag Worship is the phrase that was added during the 1950s. That addition was, "... under God..." Consider where in the pledge this phrases is inserted. Previous to its addition the pledge said in part, "... one nation indivisible..." The sense of that phrase was that the United States was one nation made up of many states yet one. With the insertion of "... under God..." the sense of this part of the pledge was changed. Consider the phrasing: "... one nation under God indivisible..." The sense with the addition is now one nation under God (and assuridly in the minds of many people the one and only nation under God) that is "indivisible" from God. In the minds of many Christians this places the flag (country) as the fourth member of the Trinity. There is only room for three in a Trinity. This is clearly idolatrous. And should you nievely think think that in some "Christian" churches removing the flag from a promenade place near the alter would be a small, insignificant thing, think again. From personal, painful experience I know that it is not.
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
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