Nationalism and the Ten Commandments – Patriotism or Idolatry? “Liberty” or Slavery?

Pretty much every country on earth today has a flag representing that country, and children are taught from the earliest ages, usually through public or religious education, to respect and honor that flag, often by saluting it. In the United States pretty much every school for children, whether public or private, teaches their students to "Pledge Allegiance" to the flag of the United States of America, while holding their hand over their heart. The original Pledge of Allegiance was written by a 37-year-old Baptist Christian Minister named Francis Bellamy in 1892. So why am I spending time writing about this today? Because our country is as divided as ever, placing people into groups and labeling them so everyone can keep fighting each other rather than fighting the Globalists who are dead-set on enslaving us and murdering us, and the label "Patriot" is a classification I see every single day in my newsfeed, mainly among the Christian Right and Trump supporters. The term "patriot" today can pretty much be weaponized against anyone who disagrees with the narrative of the day that the State wants one to believe and obey, which today includes obeying all COVID-19 restrictions, and being a "good patriot" and getting the "vaccine" to protect everyone else. For the Christian Right, displaying the flag on national holidays like the 4th of July and Memorial Day is the "Christian" thing to do, and failing to do so is seen as a moral failure. But I absolutely REFUSE to pledge my allegiance to the American flag, not for political reasons, but because to do so is IDOLATRY.