How 'One Nation' Didn't Become 'Under God' Until The '50s Religious Revival

[guno]

So much for America was formed as a christian nation


The words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and the phrase "In God we trust" on the back of a dollar bill haven't been there as long as most Americans might think. Those references were inserted in the 1950s during the Eisenhower administration.

In the original Pledge of Allegiance, Francis Bellamy made no mention of God, Kruse says. Bellamy was Christian socialist, a Baptist who believed in the separation of church and state.


How 'One Nation' Didn't Become 'Under God' Until The '50s Religious Revival

 

[Dot Com]

I thought it was conservative-type hate & fear during the Red Scare that Repubs use so often these days to gin-up their gullible base

 

[the_human_being]

So much for America was formed as a christian nation


The words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and the phrase "In God we trust" on the back of a dollar bill haven't been there as long as most Americans might think. Those references were inserted in the 1950s during the Eisenhower administration.

In the original Pledge of Allegiance, Francis Bellamy made no mention of God, Kruse says. Bellamy was Christian socialist, a Baptist who believed in the separation of church and state.


How 'One Nation' Didn't Become 'Under God' Until The '50s Religious Revival

Most folks who were alive during Eisenhower's time or have had any schooling in American History are totally aware of this but I am glad to see you are finally only 60 or so years behind the rest of us.

 

[the_human_being]

I thought it was conservative-type hate & fear during the Red Scare that Repubs use so often these days to gin-up their gullible base

You shouldn't try to think. You know how scrambled your brains are already.

 

[Dot Com]

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[Wuwei]

I was in grade school when it added God. This is what I remember saying:

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.​

It had a nice cadence. But I was always puzzled why we pledged allegiance to an inanimate object first and the republic second.

Then when they added "under God" I thought it spoiled the whole cadence. Of course I wasn't able to articulate my thoughts back then like I can now.

 

[Correll]

You don't need to state what is obvious to everyone.


When the atheist communists started infiltrating our society, we then needed to clarify which side we were on.

Before that it was just assumed.


What part of this don't you understand?

 

[Dot Com]

I was in grade school when it added God. This is what I remember saying:

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.​

It had a nice cadence. But I was always puzzled why we pledged allegiance to an inanimate object first and the republic second.

Then when they added "under God" I thought it spoiled the whole cadence. Of course I wasn't able to articulate my thoughts back then like I can now.

I agree. The cross grovelers screwed it up. Its word salad now

 

[PK1]

I thought it was conservative-type hate & fear during the Red Scare that Repubs use so often these days to gin-up their gullible base

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Including the Hollywood blacklist paranoia against "communist" or just liberal sympathizers, and disregard of the 1st Amendment!
The Cons were and are the fear mongers, and think "God " is on their side. LOL.
Those Southern "Christians" in the 1950's, "under God", kept on discriminating against blacks and other non-white groups, and voted against human-rights legislation in 1964.

What con hypocrisy!
It's about conserving THEIR privileged lifestyle at the expense of others less fortunate. How "Christian" ... NOT!
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[saveliberty]

Yeah, the Founding Fathers never used the words Providence, God, Creator or anything like that.

 

[saveliberty]

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At least he has content, just saying.

 

[Dot Com]

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At least he has content, just saying.

Ironic post is ironic. Between rw meme boi & yourself, its a toss-up.

 

[PK1]

You don't need to state what is obvious to everyone.


When the atheist communists started infiltrating our society, we then needed to clarify which side we were on.

Before that it was just assumed.


What part of this don't you understand?

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Religion had little to do with the con fear mongering. It was about preserving their economic lifestyle and white CULTURE.
That "under God" crap was/is ETHNOCENTRIC.

What part of this don't you understand?
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[guno]

You don't need to state what is obvious to everyone.


When the atheist communists started infiltrating our society, we then needed to clarify which side we were on.

Before that it was just assumed.


What part of this don't you understand?

Before that it was just assumed.

Not by educated people nor in educated parts of the country which it wasn't a big part of their lives. Thankfully I was educated in an enlightened part of the country where we didn't have to suffer that christian prayer nonsense in the morning which was part of other school systems in the country, To this day I know a lot of people who say the original pledge

 

[Dot Com]

Yeah, the Founding Fathers never used the words Providence, God, Creator or anything like that.

true, they used "natures god" Theres something to give you a clue

 

[saveliberty]

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At least he has content, just saying.

Ironic post is ironic. Between rw meme boi & yourself, its a toss-up.

I never imagined I was that high on your list

 

[Jroc]

So much for America was formed as a christian nation


The words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and the phrase "In God we trust" on the back of a dollar bill haven't been there as long as most Americans might think. Those references were inserted in the 1950s during the Eisenhower administration.

In the original Pledge of Allegiance, Francis Bellamy made no mention of God, Kruse says. Bellamy was Christian socialist, a Baptist who believed in the separation of church and state.


How 'One Nation' Didn't Become 'Under God' Until The '50s Religious Revival

Are you afraid of G-d old man?

 

[saveliberty]

God...pretty much living rent free in guno's head

 

[Dot Com]

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• You are ignoring content by this member.

At least he has content, just saying.

Ironic post is ironic. Between rw meme boi & yourself, its a toss-up.

I never imagined I was that high on your list

high? lolol

 

[Correll]

You don't need to state what is obvious to everyone.


When the atheist communists started infiltrating our society, we then needed to clarify which side we were on.

Before that it was just assumed.


What part of this don't you understand?

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Religion had little to do with the con fear mongering. It was about preserving their economic lifestyle and white CULTURE.
That "under God" crap was/is ETHNOCENTRIC.

What part of this don't younderstand?
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Fear is a rational response to a serous threat to your economic lifestyle and culture.

Especially when you consider that a nuclear weapons and thousands of tanks and totalitarianism were part of the mix.

Not being afraid would be the act of a fool or a traitor.