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To: the OlLine Rebel

Well at least it has “Under God” in it.

Socialists don’t believe in God.


27 posted on 01/22/2019 12:51:03 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator; the OlLine Rebel

“Francis Julius Bellamy (May 18, 1855 – August 28, 1931) was a Christian socialist minister and author, best known for writing the original version of the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.....Bellamy “believed in the absolute separation of church and state” and did not include the phrase “under God” in his pledge.”

“His original Pledge read as follows:

‘I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.’

The recital was accompanied with a salute to the flag known as the Bellamy salute, described in detail by Bellamy. During World War II, the salute was replaced with a hand-over-heart gesture because the original form involved stretching the arm out towards the flag in a manner that resembled the later Nazi salute.”

“Bellamy was a Christian socialist who championed ‘the rights of working people and the equal distribution of economic resources, which he believed was inherent in the teachings of Jesus.’ In 1891, Bellamy was forced from his Boston pulpit for preaching against the evils of capitalism, and eventually stopped attending church altogether after moving to Florida, reportedly because of the racism he witnessed there. Francis’s career as a preacher ended because of his tendency to describe Jesus as a socialist. In the 21st century, Bellamy is considered an early American democratic socialist.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bellamy


45 posted on 01/22/2019 1:21:57 PM PST by Pelham (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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