http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/764579/three_words.html
The quote above is just to give you an idea of where this post is headed.
It's difficult to say which English words are the most powerful however in reading this article I noticed that the author has no issue bringing to light the hard and fast truth about how this nation came to be, but hesitates in his use of expressive speech when eluding to a higher power. We, as a people, are very careful whenever religion comes up in conversation. We must not offend others and if we aren't quite sure, then, as this author did, we just don't say it. I wonder why he didn't spell slavery as sla-ery? This is a hot-button issue as well and one that I would think holds greater tension than whether a reader believes in G-d. More people have direct connection to the slave era than they do any higher power – it’s personal yet he was sure to capitalize the beginning of this enigmatic half-word thus implicating importance, but when criticizing the mindset of our founding fathers he uses every available letter.
I don't believe in a G-d, but I believe that we, the people have a choice in that thanks to the few who came before us. The paragraph in reference includes words from the “Pledge of Allegiance”, not the "Preamble to the Constitution":
“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Every part of this is powerful and holds different meaning today than it did when it “meant White, Christian, Land-owning Men”(Cohen, 2008). In the end, it comes down to interpretation and what we, the people hold as rich points.
“We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
Every part of this is powerful and holds different meaning today than it did when it “meant White, Christian, Land-owning Men”(Cohen, 2008). In the end, it comes down to interpretation and what we, the people hold as rich points.
