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   7/11.nig to All   
   Re: Serving a Higher purpose than self   
   30 Jul 13 14:08:36   
   
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   From: @   
      
   On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 14:05:28 -0400, Obama's Legion of Flash Mobs @   
   7/11.nig wrote:   
      
   >On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 10:00:23 -0500, David Hartung    
   >wrote:   
   CORRECTION"   
      
   >I disagree and that's ok but in this debate I set a starting point on   
   >which there should be some commonality. We both know there is no   
   >starting point between Gary and I because his allegiance isn't with   
   >America, it's with an ideology separate from Federalism and his   
   >separation from God is infinite.   
   >   
   >Gary looks to some rule/law in which requires a citizen to conform too   
   >other wise he'll take it to mean he can do it in the street.   
   >   
   > Since there's no law to force him to pledge allegiance to the flag or   
   >to which it stands, Gary's free not too. He wouldn't honor that law   
   >anyway because of his nature to rebel against higher authority. What's   
   >in a flag? It's an object of repression, slavery and bigotry to him.   
   >People who swear allegiance to the flag in my opinion do not need a   
   >law to stay within the boundaries of civility, morality or for 'which'   
   >the flag stands.   
   >   
   >To me the pledge and the flag are much more than words or objects. The   
   >Pledge of Allegiance symbolizes unity of purpose, one nation with a   
   >common goal, indivisible and yes, under God.   
   >   
      
   I'm of the school where there's something greater than me. I serve a   
   greater purpose *THAN* my own needs. I know that God requires much of   
   me   
   and he expects payment back for what He has given me to sew...so to   
   speak.   
      
   >   
   >I know Gary has no allegiance to anyone but his own selfish needs. Who   
   >does he have to serve? Without a higher purpose, life is shallow and   
   >disappointing.   
   >   
   >With a higher purpose the focus of life is on serving others.   
   >   
   >It's the difference between Mitt Romney and Obama.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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