What with all the political posturing and campaigning kicking into high gear heading into the 4th of July of a presidential election year, it seems like a good time to take an honest, sober look at what the US flag actually represents right here and now in reality on planet earth, as opposed to what we may imagine it to symbolize, what we wish it symbolized, what it may have in part symbolized at some point in the distant past, or what we hope it might one day symbolize in the future.
We need to deal with reality.
Right now.
As it actually exists.
We have to stop allowing the American flag to be so successfully used as an “off switch” for biblical criticism.
To that end, I’d like to offer for your consideration a list of ten things that the US flag actually stands for...