Actually the Pledge of Allegiance was written without the words “under God”. God was inserted into the pledge.
You can easily tell because it throws off the cadence. The Knights of Columbus led the charge to have “under God” added to the Pledge of Allegiance.
Well, it does fit better in the Gettysburg address,from which it was taken. When the atheists get in power they will cover over both speeches in Lincoln’s little house, it and the 2nd Inaugural.