2007-05-26 08:32:09 · 16 answers · asked by Doc Occam 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Heh, I never thought about how it was the "indivisible" line that got divided when they changed the pledge in the 1950s. "Thank you, Senator McCarthy and the Knights of Columbus!"
2007-05-26 08:38:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
huh? what 'irony'? "indivisible" means without ability to divide. joined with the phrase, 'one nation' emphasizes the strength & unity that is not only implied but overtly meant. a civil war in the 1860s was all about this unity, indivisibility, this united states. what would be 'irony' would be the 50 states constantly threatening to pull away, always fighting amongst themselves , never seeing 'the big picture'. america should, then, be called the DISunited states but then we're not! dispite what most people (translate that to outsiders) think, america & americans celebrate differences, love to eat & drink other cultures' fares, et cetera. the constitution nicely bridges the states' rights over the feds. anything not mentioned in the constitution is given to the states to decide. the arrangement can't be all bad in so much as our constitution & form of govt is the most copied in history EVER!
2007-05-26 08:48:41 · answer #2 · answered by blackjack432001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, yes. Only when we tried to make political hay, by showing that we were a nation "under God", when we ignored the fact that separation of church and state is for the mutual benefit of both the church and the state, then we divided up what should have been indivisible. Very nice observation!
2007-05-26 08:48:28 · answer #3 · answered by dreamed1 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Debra - It is as much a part of our history as slavery, and women's lack of a vote.
As some of the other people are hinting, The pledge didn't originally mention "God". It was added in the 1950s during the Communist scare. The commies were atheist, so adding the phrase to our currency and our pledges seemed like the red-blooded, patriotic, american thing to do at the time. We just added it to distance ourselves from the communists.
2007-05-26 08:42:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i don't probably see it plenty as ironic as I do actual. The extra this usa contraptions God aside the extra divided it is going to become. I understand that not all and sundry believes in God, yet most of the regulations set by God are substantial in ruling a non violent usa offering " liberty and justice for all". i will assure that if the wellbeing care bill could have been exceeded with out the necessities of not employing federal money for abortions our usa might have fallen aside in the present day.
2016-10-08 04:14:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First the phrase isn't split.
Second, I'm assuming your inferring that since it says one nation then the indivisible part is redundant.
However, it isn't redundant as one nation can be divided, and the phrase means that as one nation we will stand indivisible and won't be divided.
2007-05-26 08:39:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
heheh yeah...
Here in Texas our state consitution says "one state indivisible" but guess what... it really is! Texas can be divided according to our laws here. So.... the state constitution is inaccurate.
2007-05-26 08:49:54 · answer #7 · answered by aali_and_harith 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How does allowing for different beliefs divide a nation?
Was not this nation founded on that very principle?
2007-05-26 08:43:41 · answer #8 · answered by RU SRS? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No more irony than adding stuff to it just to make ourselves look better than the 'godless' communists.
2007-05-26 08:38:35 · answer #9 · answered by jerseyGirl 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You forgot the comma.
2007-05-26 08:44:17 · answer #10 · answered by Ard-Drui 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋