I do not like this phrase as part of our Pledge, to our flag. It is inaccurate. We are not one nation under God. We are one nation, but we are not all under God. There are those who do not believe in God, so we cannot say that we are tied by the belief in a God. This should be changed. The phrase “Under God” was not actually in the original version of the pledge. It went like this:
I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
It was meant to be short… 15 seconds long.
However, due to many factors, not the least of which is that many people linked atheism with communism, some religious believers wanted to change the pledge to add the “Under God” phrase. It was eventually added, but not until well after the original one had been adopted.
This is yet another example of an unfair bias that is not being addressed. Just my thought for the day.
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