Isn't it funny how the word "Indivisible" was placed right after the phrase "Under God" in our Pledge of Allegiance? A petty laugh at the irony to it, if I may say so myself. The mere words of "under God" has led a nation .....indivisible? I fear not.
2007-12-21 10:10:06 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Under god was never in the pledge of allegiance, it was added by then president Eisenhower and congress in 1954 during the McCarthy era because of the communist scare.
2007-12-21 10:15:43 · answer #1 · answered by Biker4Life 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They actually added "under god" right before "indivisible" in 1954. The original pledge did not mention any gods.
It was declared unconstitutional in 2002 but an appeal to the Supreme Court was dismissed on nonsense grounds (the father who brought the case did not have legal custody of his child) because they did not want to take it out..
I think those who put the words in there failed to see the irony.
2007-12-21 10:32:42 · answer #2 · answered by t_rex_is_mad 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't get exactly where you are coming from but it is interesting that so many people are divided over the Under God part and then the next word is indivisible. Its like that shot in the movie Braveheart where William Wallace says, "They'll come back because you wont stand together" and then the next shot is them all standing together. Irony.
2007-12-21 10:17:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if anything religion divides us more AND puts up walls.
this was one nation indivisible...under the premise that were all americans and are living in a democracy.
add under god and were a nation easily divisible and separated by mistrust, hatred and dogmatic stupidity.
look at things now...we have "us vs them" "black vs white" "left vs right" "blue vs red" and a slew of other versus.
so sure...religion and god makes you happy as a clam...but to what extent? when do people realise that religion actually does have a negative impact on society...that anything that cookie cust us into little groups is bad. and whats even worse is that those little groups have books that tell them that theyre the special "chosen" people and everyone else is worthy of nothing more but eternal pain and torture (excluding the comments that its ok to kill unbeleivers of your god)
so one nation indivisble...until god is thrown into the equation.
then were easily divided. and we currently ARE divided.
2007-12-21 10:12:12 · answer #4 · answered by johnny.zondo 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"Under God" was added in 1954... well after the original "indivisible."
Never will understand why they messed with a perfectly good thing.
2007-12-21 10:13:58 · answer #5 · answered by misskate12001 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Under God" was added long after the Pledge was written. When you recite it without the "under God" addition, you will get an insight into the vision the writers had.
2007-12-21 10:15:06 · answer #6 · answered by Sergio 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The fact that division has not occured under Cival War with the current administration is a miracle in itself. If Bush is a good Christian, then bin Laden is a good Muslim.
2007-12-21 10:12:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Remeber the phase "under god" was only put there in 1954. Look how our nation has don after that...............
How does that work for you would Dr. Phil ask.
2007-12-21 10:37:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Right on my friend, God was here when this nation started and he's woven into the fabric of every original government document. Even our money has reference to our GOD. We are trying to change our country so as not to offend or upset new comers to our shores. We must not continue to turn our backs on our creator
Good Luck.
2007-12-21 10:18:13 · answer #9 · answered by Don M 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
One Nation Divided is what we are, divided by racism, prejudice, religion, hatred
2007-12-21 11:48:58 · answer #10 · answered by amy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋