[Borges]

Factoids: Francis Bellamy was also a Utopian Socialist who wrote the Pledge as a generic pledge for any country's flag. It was connected to the United States later on. Bellamy's brother Edward wrote the socialist themed novel 'Looking Backward'.

[HisKingdomWillAbolishSinDeath]

God doesn't really need our help. Sure, we do best we can to fight for what we believe in. But for the most part, we fall well short in our efforts. He has allowed man to "do his own thing", until he has made such a mess of this place, that only supernatural power can straighten it out. The good news is all this is about to end in the most dramatic and climatic way you can imagine. Get ready to see the Almighty finally start throwing his weight around down here on Earth, in a spectacular finale to man's 6000 years of cursed existence on this planet.

[Cindy]

"I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE"
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b1c8ec119ce.htm

[Vigilant1]

One thing that many folks do not realize is that Rev. Bellamy meant the Pledge to be a thumb in the eye to pro-secession Southerners who were still bitter about the Civil War. That is the intent behind the phrase, "One nation, indivisible....".