Last I checked money says "In God we trust" not in a God we trust or in God's we trust. The pledge says one "nation under God" not...... one nation under a God. So I call malarkey on your statement about the founding fathers being deists, did you Magley or any of your descendants know them personally? Oh the history books and other writings say it to be true, so it must be true "cough, cough BS". Perspective of written history is exactly that, perspective can be said of the Bible as well. Atheism is alive and well, so you have nothing to fear I assure you .I do not berate a person for not being a believer, matter of fact it is quite the contrary, and plenty of non believers have also done some crummy things in the past and in the present "you love to bring up all the terrible followers of God throughout history". We do many things different here in the USA when compared to the rest of the world, at least that is how it used to be. I do not recall ever having creationism, any other religions or God shoved down my throat in school, yet everything else not related to the possibility of God is very much shoved down our throats. Oh the lies....... we must get rid of swearing upon the Bible and God in court, we must also do away with the same concerning the Presidential inauguration.........sure does not sound to me like the President is swearing to some random deity. Oh the damage that the belief in God is causing, oh the principles and values are just horrible for us. How dare NASCAR have prayer to the sky fairy before every race, that is so offensive!!!!! So now back to the topic at hand, I got myself off track again. The pledge of allegiance is all about unity, strength and patriotism in my eyes, all of which are in short supply these days. The almighty dollar is a much worse thing for us all the be pledging to, and that my friends is the great debacle we are in.