saveliberty
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I'm sure you would, because you're striking me in this thread as rather selfish and immature. However, OTHER people - known as "grownups" - recognize that there are bigger things than themselves, more important goals than just their own gratification, and higher principles than self-absorbed navel-gazing. Therefore, we are willing to swear loyalty to something that embodies those ideals.
Those are all wonderful and I prefer to find things bigger than myself to serve in the private sphere such as religion, family, and etc but when did government become something we had to put aside our own pursuits for its. I'm sorry but government is not something bigger than ourselves like God but is something that serves our purpose only.
It's not a matter of "where you prefer to find it". It is where it is, and it seems to me that your "bigger things in personal realms" is really just another way of being selfish and self-absorbed. Even your bigger things are still all about you.
Second of all, you're now officially pissing me off with this deliberately obtuse continuation of "It's about the government". Since you have had multiple people, including me, explain to you what you clearly don't have the basic English mastery to figure out from the words - that the pledge has nothing whatsoever to do with the government - I can only assume at this point that you are either a) too pig-stupid to be worth talking to, or b) determined to think what you want to think in the face of all evidence because it justifies being an immature me-monkey forever. Either way, you are now beneath my notice on this subject. Carry on ranting about nothing.
Seems to me the key word in the first bold section is serve. Serving denotes puting others needs ahead of your own. God is another word that is triggering a poor response from you. In a church you are usually subjecting yourself to the authority of God. Being under the authority of another is usually not considered self-absorbed or selfish.
The pledge is nothing but an oath to the government (republic). You can find it right in the beginning.