Well, they did it again. A few years ago, NBC was roundly criticized for omitting “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance in one of their promotional pieces. Now, they are doing it again. The question is… why?
As reported in The Washington Times, the promotional video for NBC’s new show “Allegiance” uses the Pledge of Allegiance in the background of the clip:
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Notice anything missing? The Pledge is used in its entirety except for the words “under God.” Fox News’ Todd Starnes called NBC to find out why they left out “under God” AGAIN, but he received no reply.
It’s not the first time the Peacock Network has dissed a deity.
In 2011 NBC was forced, yes forced, to apologize after they omitted the phrase “one nation under God” from its coverage over the U.S. Open Championship. It happened not once, but twice.
Here is a video of one from NBC’s U.S. Open promos:
As noted in Todd Starnes’ story:
NBC released a statement to the trade publication Broadcasting & Cable and said the decision to eliminate God was “made by a small group of people.”
“This was a bad decision,” NBC stated.
So… if it was a bad decision back then, why are they doing it again now?
Here’s the trailer for NBC’s “Allegiance”:
Did they really think people wouldn’t notice? NBC may have a problem with God, but most people in America do not.
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I do not believe in leprechauns and I do not get upset or fight when I see a box of “Lucky Charms” with a leprechaun on the label.
So why is it that these liberals get so upset when they see or hear anything related to God, who they say they do not believe in?
Ask yourself, who is it that really hates God?
Do you think these liberals actually are under the influence of satin?
It’s just another bold push by a powerful organization to see how much push-back they will get. After all, the Media is Liberal—hence, anti-God—anti-Christianity. They don’t want to offend their darlings—the Atheists, the Muslims, and the LGBT community.
“So why is it that these liberals get so upset when they see or hear anything related to God, who they say they do not believe in?
Ask yourself, who is it that really hates God?”
As an old guy who has pondered this and observed people for a long time, I am now convinced that there is no one who does not realize that God is real. They know He exists, but for some reason they are angry or have hate for God, and so try to convince themselves and others that there is no God. Recognizing God in the Pledge of Allegiance is appropriate because the very existence of our governmental structure (as created by the Constitution) is absolutely dependent upon two things: honoring God and maintaining limited central government powers. The so called “progressives” have and continue to eliminate this foundation.
Atheists claim there is no God but if you scratch them deep enough you will find a God Hater .
Satan. Your comment has strength and should not have potential to be discounted by misspelling of the last word.
Satin? What does a soft fabric have anything to do with this?
Atheists too have a God, and it is the person they see in the mirror. In order to continue to rule their own lives, and not get dethroned by the truths which set men free, but get atheists real ,,,, they must first Kill conscience in order to silence the very vehicle which God speaks his truths to them. In the end when faced with the reality of their own death, they usually go out kicking and screaming, then choking on their own self-destructive cancerous vomitus words in death, that they lived by in life. Exit Madalyn Murray O’Hare, Christopher Hitchens and others, compared to the exits I have personally witnessed, of many of my own Christian family members who left these early bonds with a believing smile on their face, and the love of God in their hearts, and the reassuring peace which exceeds all human understanding. Just pity the people of MSNBC, for the chains they forge in life, they make word by word, link by link, and yard by yard and they gird it on of their own free will, and of their own free will they wear it. And will carry it into the next world as well. It is why they live in this world and enter the next with such heavy hearts, and heavy burdens. Good luck with that NBC and MSNBC Liberals.
The Left is subjugated by their ideology . There is no room for God in the mind of a Statist because the State is the final arbiter of all temporal power . The State is an organ of force and coercion in the affairs of man and the State answers to no one but man . Therefore Man is god .
I believe I can, at least in part, answer WHY this NUTwork defiles the pledge in this manner: NBC-Nothing-But-C
Because NBC is Godless. Don’t watch it. Ignore it. Leave it to the godless people just like them.
I agree with you! There really isn’t anything on NBC that I can’t “live without.” I rarely watch them now, and this would be a good reason NOT to watch them at all!
This pledge omission is nothing compared to Saturday Night Live’s skits this past December. Notice that they don’t have the courage to Muslims in similar fashion.
Show your appreciation for this omission by omitting the show from your television viewing.
I have to defend them, in part, since their website clearly has the Trailer on it now which includes the words “under God”. I just listened to it carefully –
http://www.nbc.com/allegiance/video/taking-the-pledge/2839356
If you have to continue watching NBC, discontinue buying from their advertisers and if you can, notify the advertisers regarding your decision
Their problem is the same one most people have that being that GOD makes them feel the Guilt they should feel for their sinful lives. See they CANNOT stand the FACT that GOD knows thy are sinners and need him of they will find themselves in HELL or the Lake of Fire when this world ends. They(NBC) and Atheists CANNOT stand the FACT that they need GOD but he does not need them and they just CANNOT stand the TRUTH that they are not important to anyone. These people like all SINNERS want to fight the TRUTH that GOD has no need of them and that without GOD they are doomed. They CANNOT accept the TRUTH which that they are sinners and need GOD’S grace to get rid of their SIN and make them worthy of Heaven and even then it is only through Christ’s blood that they will get to Heaven. Needing GOD is what they HATE GOD for.
Really? There are people who still watch NBC and PMSNBC? Why in the world would you watch a totally stilted, lying network? With networks like MeTV, AntennaTV, et al you can actually watch programming without promoting homosexuality, promiscuity, rude behavior, or rude speech.
You are right, and MeTV, Antenna TV, Cozi, etc. along with a few others are about all I watch these days.
Other than the blacklist, nothing else they show do i watch.
I’m old enough to remember when the “under God” part was inserted into the pledge. It hasn’t always been there. Putting it in there in the first place was just another attempt by religious people to force other people to adhere to their irrational belief in God. To paraphrase what Arthur Clarke said; “Religion is a mental virus of the worst kind. If we don’t get rid of it, the humanity will not survive.”
I am also old enough to remember when the two words, “under God” were inserted into the pledge. It was back in the early 1950’s when the country was in a tizzy over the question of who was, or was not, secretly a Communist. The Pledge of Allegiance was amended with the goal in mind to watch others in a group and see which ones would say “under God” and which ones would refuse to say those two words.
It was believed by the people who changed the Pledge that Communists would refuse to say those two words, but true patriotic Americans would be willing to say them. Well, I’m a patriotic American, not a Communist, so I say the two extra words. But they never have felt natural, like the pledge was when I first started school and recited it daily and memorized it.
Now, the question of “with” or “without” the added two words has become a religious test of who believes in God and who does not. That is a very painful topic to me because of the punishments I endured as a child for expressing my doubts that every word in the Bible is literally true. I never could manage to believe that God created the world in a total of six days.
So if given the choice, I would rather return to the Pledge as originally written. I always feel as if my character is being judged by others in the room if I don’t say “under God” but saying those two words always brings back such painful memories.
I don’t know who Arthur Clarke is or why he should be worthy of quoting, but it would be absolutely irrational to NOT recognize God. If, somehow, all that exists came into being without a creator with a plan and a purpose, then your very existence is meaningless.
Recognizing God in the Pledge of Allegiance is appropriate because the very existence of our governmental structure (as created by the Constitution) is dependent upon two things: honoring God and maintaining limited central government powers. The so called “progressives” have and continue to eliminate this foundation.
You are correct that “under God” was inserted into the pledge, but incorrect as to the reason. It was done during the Cold War scare of the 1950’s and the purpose was to differentiate between American political philosophy rooted in theism and the inalienable rights of nature’s God, from Communist political philosophy rooted in man’s nature and no god. Your claim that belief in God is irrational is not only incorrect, it is absurd. Arthur Clarke’s statement is his opinion, which he is free express.
It would be VERY interesting to see your response on Judgement day, when you face your maker-no matter what deity you believe in.
It “appears” you are an atheist. Your choice, your call. But let me ask you this:
With ALL the star’s in OUR Galaxy we can see with the Hubble, And allowing for just 5 planets per star, AND knowing that we can see at least TWO universes with the present technology (the Hubble IS 20+ years old.) That means mathematically, there are over 500 MILLION planets “out there.” And in all this VAST area, 1. There MUST be “life” at least as developed as us stupid humans, out there SOMEWHERE. And, 2.Some “being” or entity made IT. It sure as hell wasn’t US!
You may continue with your belief…but I think, for the above reasons…your WRONG! It’s not going to hurt me one bit believing in a Supreme being!
First off, your quote differs in several ways from the one I found:
“Religion is the most malevolent of all mind viruses. Most malevolent and persistent of all mind viruses. We should get rid of it as quick as we can.”
http://rabidatheists.blogspot.com/2008/03/arthur-c-clarkes-view-of-religion.html
from an interview in Popular Science:
http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2004-08/archives-day-arthur-c-clarke?page=1
In particular, your second sentence is utterly different from anything he said.
Second, the phrase goes back to Lincoln’s Gettysburg address: “…we here highly resolve…that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom.” While some drafts omit “under God,” the only one with Abraham Lincoln’s signature includes it, and the news reports of the speech included it.
What “force”?
You are not required to acknowledge God—you are not required to recite the pledge of allegiance—and you certainly aren’t required to live here if you’re made to feel so unwelcome.
You aren’t being forced into anything—you have a choice—cut the drama.
Well, I guess that is the only way to get NBC to do what the people want and that is to hit their ratings! ALL People should boycott the station for 30 days to see if there are any changes and if not keep doing it… but it will take articles like this with POLLS to bring out the participation and keep the people involved and aware. Maybe there should be some talk of replacing some of the decision makers are NBC at this point??
Have the Federal Communications Commission pull the plug on NBC
I guess NBC has bought into the secular, anti-God wave seen on many fronts. If you don’t like, don’t believe, or disagree with a person, place or thing; walk (or run) away, ignore, or disregard. NBC is foolish to think they’re going to change a nation’s opinion; which seems to be their m.o. by stridently repeating a previous action. No matter which side a person is on, free-thinking people aren’t changing their minds. As said, most aren’t afraid of a God or its’ meaning; they simply turn away if it doesn’t fit them.This seems a lot like Michelle’s comment during an ’08 campaign stop.” You’ll have to change your thinking. You’ll have to put your history and traditions aside. We’re going to a different place!” Sounded threatening then, and more so now. NBC:America’s not going
“to that place.”
The Pledge of Allegiance has been the subject controversy over the years. The last changes to it were made in 1954 with the addition of the words, “under God.” Before 1954, the words “under God” were not in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Here’s the story of how those words were added:
http://www.kofc.org/un/en/resources/communications/pledgeAllegiance.pdf
The bottom line is that the Pledge of Allegiance, including the words “under God,” is an official oath that’s been adopted by congress. So, those who would recite the oath must include the words “under God.” If they don’t, then they are not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance; and seeing as they’re not reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, they have to come up with a different title for the oath they are reciting because the title, “The Pledge of Allegiance” has already been taken.
They can call their oath whatever they want. They can call it, “The Pledge of Asparagus,” or “The Pledge of Colorless, Odorless, Tasteless Gas.” They just can’t call it “The Pledge of Allegiance” because we already have one. It’s an official oath, and it includes the words, “under God.”
It’s been long established, and well understood, that Liberals and Socialists believe in something akin to the tooth fairy. God is beyond their intellectual reach.
The new fanatics don’t know that they don’t know.
I’m watching NBC less and less because of their crazy programing with reality shows etc….it seems as tho their network has been taken over by that small group of people…..If NBC executives wanted to they could easily overrule that small group……making up their own version of The Pledge of Allegiance is a stupid and ridiculous thing to do…..NBC is becoming very small indeed…..and they are also losing more and more viewers……perhaps one day they will see the light and get back to basics…..I read where Today Show, Tonight Show and others are losing viewers…..maybe that is the reason….
Or perhaps they were just using the original version, which was written by Francis Bellamy, a minister. It read:
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
“Under God” wasn’t added until 1954, actually over Bellamy’s daughter’s objection.
But when your trying to suck up to Obama you have to hate God!
Their problem stems from the fact that their god, which emerged from the primordial slime, stares back at them in the mirror.
Eliminating references to God or Christianity seems to be happening in many places. Yet it seems actions are taken by only a few. More and more Americans need to speak up instead of waiting for someone else to respond .
Do we have any way to find out how much of NBC is owned by Muslim investors?
TO arwenusa: FYI, NBC is primarily owned by the Comcast Corp.which is primarily owned by the Roberts Family,Julian Brodsky, Daniel Aaron and others.
We need to do what we did last time to this arrogant, evil company but also find the culprits who are pushing the anti-Christ agenda.
I was born in “48”, but I have said the Pledge in school, using “under God”,for my whole life. We all better pray, that this nation stays under God, because in the end, we will answer for all the actions this nation does. Our government is so screwed up now, that God may be the only one to help us return to what we once were. NBC (nobody gives a crap), can believe what they want to, this is after all a free country. I for one, will make sure I do not give this station a break. If all the believers in this wonderful country, are wrong about our God, not harm, no foul. The non-believers, well if you are wrong, may God have mercy on your souls. God please keep Blessing America, for our sake, and deal with the others, as you see fit.
Soon they will be replacing “One Nation Under God” with “One Nation Under Allah”…
Might be a lot more TRUTH to your comment then I would like!
“But the Muslim religion is a “peaceful” religion”-Your “Commander-In-Chief” for the last SIX years.
And you can bet the exec’s there wouldn’t have an issue with that.
This is definitely NOT a program that I will watch. I will, in fact, be limiting the amount of time I listen to anything on NBC. There are a lot of other channels from which to choose. Choosing between God and NBC is a no-brainer!
It’s humorous these useful idiots of satan think somehow by removing things such as “under God” they can tweak Christians.
Personally, I couldn’t care less. The network has been on a Godless path for decades so why should this be any different.
If it matters to you, call their sponsors and let them know you won’t be watching. That will have more impact than any whining we do here.
Besides, I seriously doubt Jehovah God is worried about NBC. And one day they WILL find out just who He is and they’ll find out just who was right.