The U.S. Air Force Academy’s decision to make the solemnization of their oath with the phrase “so help me God” optional is yet one more victory for those looking to transform America into something other than what we have been—One Nation Under God.
The phrase, “so help me God” was added to the oath in the aftermath of an alleged cheating scandal, so now just because the Freedom from Religion Foundation finds this a vulnerable target, the leaders at the Academy throw their hands up in surrender. Sorry, that’s not leadership.
Our founders understood that honor begins with an acknowledgement of God and in the belief of eternal rewards and punishment. Without that fundamental belief, man simply cannot be trusted because of his flawed human nature that tends toward self- interests. Who will they turn to for help when tempted? Each other? That’s what caused the cheating scandal in the first place.
The first principle of American leadership is, in fact, a personal belief in God.
Supreme Commander of Allied Forces and 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower told us in 1953
“Without God there could be no American form of government, nor an American way of life. Recognition of the Supreme Being is the first –the most basic- expression of Americanism”
Every time recognition of God is removed from the hearts and minds of Americans we move one step further away from His favor, and from the blessings of liberty.
It’s time to reverse the trend. “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord!”
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“One Nation Under God” defines America with the undeniable need to express “so help me, God”.
God remains above us despite His enemy’s desire from the beginning to have “freedom from religion”.
And so, let’s pray that God, Who Is above our nation would help us all to submit to His Safekeeping Wisdom!