I don't think all the founding fathers would accept your Deist definition.
>>> Which 'God' or 'being that is supreme' do you assume is being refered to in the Pledge? (I'm seriously asking, not being rhetorical or baiting you. )
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>>>Steven-
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>>You will have to ask those that put the phrase into the Pledge. I cannot speak for them, but if I were to guess it would be the same God that the founding fathers of this country held there trust in.
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>Haha! I guess I could but I'd think none of these folks are still alive. Founding fathers refered to a Deist 'God' that represented 'reason' and 'nature' -- this was a contemporary product Enlightenment thought at the time.
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>Thanks though,
>Steven-
Bret Hobbs
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