How did the Bible helped America One nation under God?

Question

I need to know this again, I learned this in middle school when i was in 6th grade. I forgot the reasons for it and it was approximately 5 yrs ago...

If the holy bible did not exist, would Abraham Lincoln's life be different? i mean really he does believe in God and in the bible, he reads the bible too. So how did it come up? Why was the phrase "One nation under one God" added to the pledge of allegiance of america?

Maybe in the very old days back then America was the nation under God, but now look at America, there are non believers and scoffers against God.

Answer 1

Since when did we become ONE NATION UNDER GOD?

As for the pledge, this was illegally added in by Congress in 1954 after the Knights of Columbus lobbied to get it put in.

Remember, our forefathers left Europe to escape religious persecution and to be able to freely worship as they saw fit. Not to impose the same set of rules they fled from.

Answer 2

Abraham Lincoln was *not* a christian. If it weren't for the fact that the christian bible supports slavery, Lincoln's job would probably have been a whole lot easier than it was.

http://ffrf.org/day/?day=12&month=2#lincoln

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Col. James H. Matheny, a one-time political manager, said: "I knew Lincoln as early as 1834-7; knew he was an Infidel. He and W.D. Herndon used to talk Infidelity in the Clerk's office in this city, about the years 1837-40. Lincoln attacked the Bible and the New Testament on two grounds: first, from the inherent or apparent contradictions under its lids; second, from the grounds of reason. . . Sometimes Lincoln bordered on Atheism."
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“Mr. Lincoln was never a member of any Church, nor did he believe in the divinity of Christ, or the inspiration of the Scriptures in the sense understood by evangelical Christians.

When a boy, he showed no sign of that piety which his many biographers ascribe to his manhood. When he went to church at all, he went to mock, and came away to mimic.

When he came to New Salem, he consorted with Freethinkers, joined with them in deriding the gospel story of Jesus, read Volney and Paine, and then wrote a deliberate and labored essay, wherein he reached conclusions similar to theirs.”
-- Colonel Ward H. Lamon (a religionist and Lincoln's longtime friend), Life of Abraham Lincoln, pp. 486, 487, 157 (1872), cited by Franklin Steiner in The Religious Beliefs of Our Presidents
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Answer 3

The phrase "under god" was added in 1955 to the pledge of allegiance during the cold war, because the Soviet Union was an atheist country.

Answer 4

The "under God" thing showed up during the Cold War, to attempt to further distinguish the US from the perceived evils of the Soviet Union. It should not have been put there; it is an explicit establishment of religion, which is forbidden by the Bill of Rights. A case was brought to the Supreme Court to get rid of it, but the Court decided to duck rather than issue an undoubtedly controversial ruling.

Answer 5

I'm not sure how Lincoln relates to the pledge of allegiance, but "one nation under God" was added in the 1950's I believe.

Answer 6

His first name probably would not have been Abraham. Other than that not much would be different. If i know my history Abe may have been a Deist or an atheist.

Answer 7

Lincoln was no Christian.

It was added during the Red Scare to combat Communism.

Answer 8

It came up in the 50's to demonize the communists.

Answer 9

you wasted 5 points for that?

Answer 10

No. This should help.
http://www.positiveatheism.org/hist/quotes/lincoln.htm
It is well cited.