+368 Why is "indivisible" in the Pledge of Allegiance? The nation IS divisible, as made evident in the 19th century, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The idea is that our country would never have a repeat of the Civil War.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The weirdest thing is that in the Texas Pledge (yes, we have to say a pledge of allegiance to Texas) it says "One state under God, indivisble", too, but Texas was admitted into the Union under the condition that it would always be allowed to split into five different states at a moment's notice in order to gain more power in the Senate...weird, huh?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Probably for the same reason it says with liberty and justice for all, this was false in the 19th century and is (Mostly) true today

by Anonymous 13 years ago

If you're white and only speak English, you're okay.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Not anymore. People are trying to hard to not discriminate, they're discriminating against white English-speakers.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

exactly

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I meant so hard**, not to hard. Sorry!

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well the nation wasn't divided and is still intact, so your point is invalid. Also, the Pledge of Allegiance is hodgepodge anyway. WTF is up with this "under god" bullshit? I thought we were living in a SECULAR nation, not one where everybody is a Christian.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

well it was made in the 1800s where most people believed in agod of some sort.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The words "under God" were added in the midst of the cold war as propaganda against those "godless commies"

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It says " under God", not "under the Christian God". All, or most, religions have a god of some sort.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Ya, true, but it still leaves out us poor athiests

by Anonymous 13 years ago

God is capitalized there. When not referring to a specific deity, god uncapitalized is used.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Just because God is capitalized doesn't specify it to a particular God.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

It does, actually. Look it up. God capitalized refers to the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim god, while god uncapitalized refers to a deity in general.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Actually, "indivisible" was added by Abraham Lincoln after the end of the Civil War to signify that the Confederacy would never secede from the Union again. Before then, it wasn't part of the Pledge of Allegiance.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

the pledge of allegiance wasn't written until 1892, quite a while after the civil war

by Anonymous 13 years ago