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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CHristmas has been greatly secularized.

"Under god" was added to the pledge in the 50's in response to the russian scare and could be removed

We may well have elected an atheist president, posing as a Christian. [/quote]

You're not understanding. To non-Christians like me, it doesn't work to say "it's secularized." You only see it that way because the holiday (which is religious, whether you like it or not) has SO permeated our culture that people say it's not religious anymore. Saying Christmas is secularized is another way of saying Christianity has become a part of our national identity.

Yes, of course under god can be removed, but it almost certainly won't be. The fact that it was added in response to the Russian scare is another indication of how Christianity becomes part of our national politics. In that case, it was part of the fight between the Christian West and the godless Communists. When the US Government was vilifying the Communists as godless, they were implicitly (and sometimes explicitly) promoting our identity as religious.

Polls have shown that fewer Americans support electing an atheist President than any other demographic group. The fact that someone who is, in fact, atheist needs to "pose as a Christian" supports my point about how we are, de facto, a Christian country. [/quote]

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