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Originally posted by DieSektor
Hello ATS, I have recently collected my thoughts with a groups of friends at a Bon fire last night. Throughout our vast conversations I brought up something that has been somewhat of a mystery or puzzle to me. Iam talking about what it was like for the individuals who were born of an earlier decade who were forced into quite bizarre practices throughout their early public education.
I'm talking kindergarten-5th or perhaps 6th grade essentially the early learning programs of public education. There have been may different procedures as rules to follow without much reason for their being,
By perhaps the most bizarre was how adamant the teacher was about making us all as young students get up in the mornings and stand next to our desk place our right hand over our heart and recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.
Do you remember being forced into doing this?! Now I'm not saying this is a bad thing, but OPEN your mind and THINK for yourself for a moment here...this was a practice that was obviously important for a reason because the public school system was heavily influenced to make sure young school students were exposed to these daily conditionings. But why?
Why would something that was so accepted but bizarre at the same time eventually be fazed out and not practiced anymore?
I say bizarre BECAUSE it IS! This is a period in a young students life where the "Public School System" is teaching the young about their country and how to OBEY and conform.
The parents are not doing this its all directly coming from the structures of public education.
Now listen here my friends after all this you can assimilate what has been done to you as a young student of older times.
Current public schools do NOT practice the pledging of Allegiance? Why is this?
I believe the practicing of such direct measures are not needed in today's society. It's not the "Pledge of Allegiance" anymore it's the activities a young student will be involving themselves with through such devices like "smart phones" and modern television broadcasts.
All of the "Emotions" and "Imagination" an individual possesses will ultimately become their reality. This is proven fact as many many books and literature suggest.
So by forcing young students into situations where their subconscious mind allows and accepts specific "emotions" and "imagination" the ones responsible for these acts of worship can directly affect and change the lives of those participation without their full awareness of the aftermath of the affects.
I hope you all follow me and know what I'm trying to say here.
It's basically this : you can introduce scenarios into an individuals life that will spark certain "emotions" and "imaginative powers" and by doing so you are directly affecting and changing that individuals life with or without the individual fully aware of such an event. For emotions and imagination are the two most concentrated energies we possess as creatures of biological life here on Earth.
Originally posted by Char-Lee
reply to post by DieSektor
People had a different mindset in those days. My father a war hero from WW2 and Korean wars got very angry and stopped at a gas station, raged in and forced them to take down their flag because it was dirty and frayed. In those days respect of the flag was instilled and yes I remember the feeling when saluting the flag of patriotism even though I didn't know that was what I was feeling.
We have passed many laws since taking away that respect and maybe I was wrong because I thought that was a good thing, after all it is only a SYMBOL of what we should respect, the men and women who gave their lives were not dying for the piece of cloth. But now I see it all went hand in hand.
I personally think it is all about a lost way of thinking that included many principles, respect for elders, your good word having value, politeness to everyone.
Originally posted by OptimusSubprime
The other reason the Pledge is no longer said is because some contrarian Atheist somewhere was bored and decided that his/her views, which are only shared by less than 5% of the population of America, should be forced on everyone in the interest of fairness and the end result was having the phrase "Under God" removed from the pledge...
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
Originally posted by OptimusSubprime
The other reason the Pledge is no longer said is because some contrarian Atheist somewhere was bored and decided that his/her views, which are only shared by less than 5% of the population of America, should be forced on everyone in the interest of fairness and the end result was having the phrase "Under God" removed from the pledge...
Are you aware that this phrase was added in the 1950's due to lobbying by a Secret Society and the first challenge to the pledge was made by Christians?
edit on 3-8-2013 by AugustusMasonicus because: networkdude has no beer