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Originally Posted by Guest
The words are meaningless, like Oyez, oyez. Would I be offended if they said "May the Flying Spaghetti Monster bless this court" ? No I would not as that is also meaningless. Are you offended? Do you see this a government endorsement of a religion or merely ceremonial language adopted from the 18th century English tradition? And if you believe it is a governmental endorsement of a particular God, which one? Athena perhaps, the God of wisdom and justice.
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Now, now, you we're doing pretty well until you succumbed to the use of sophistry. You know, as well as I do, the reference is to the Judeo Christian God upon which Western Civilization was built.
As a devout atheist you still have not, and presumably never will, acknowledge your debt to being fortunate enough to have been borne into the Judeo-Christion civilization that tolerates your beliefs.