It's a very old political cartoon that still gets debated a lot, but I think it still works in this context. Control of the US was always key to their plan to create One Nation on the planet.
Interestingly if you look at the pledge of allegiance
It was actually meant as a pledge to be used by every country in the world.
It was originally published in The Youth's Companion on September 8, 1892. Bellamy had hoped that the pledge would be used by citizens in any country.
In its original form it read:
"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
One nation. One world. One pledge.
Over time the part about the Flag of the United States and "Under God" were added later.
They changed the salute to being over the heart because the original way was too much like a Nazi salute.
Shortly thereafter, the pledge was begun with the right hand over the heart, and after reciting "to the Flag," the arm was extended toward the Flag, palm-down.
In World War II, the salute too much resembled the Nazi salute, so it was changed to keep the right hand over the heart throughout.
This is the man that wrote the pledge. He must be rolling over in his grave that "Under God" was added. He did NOT want God in the pledge.
In 1891, Bellamy was "forced from his Boston pulpit for preaching against the evils of capitalism",[3] and eventually stopped attending church altogether after moving to Florida, reportedly because of the racism he witnessed there.[7] 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.
He was a communist. It's pretty obvious.
That pledge was written by a communist and you can see it in the "One Nation" part. However, it got repurposed over time to include nationalism and God (everything he did NOT want) so we made it ours in the end.
Morality can and does exist outside of a religious context. One does not need to be religious or follow religious preaching in order to still be moral.
Thank you for bringing this to the forum again.
The cartoon is spot on.
It's a very old political cartoon that still gets debated a lot, but I think it still works in this context. Control of the US was always key to their plan to create One Nation on the planet.
Interestingly if you look at the pledge of allegiance
https://www.ushistory.org/documents/pledge.htm?vm=r
It was actually meant as a pledge to be used by every country in the world.
One nation. One world. One pledge.
Over time the part about the Flag of the United States and "Under God" were added later.
They changed the salute to being over the heart because the original way was too much like a Nazi salute.
This is the man that wrote the pledge. He must be rolling over in his grave that "Under God" was added. He did NOT want God in the pledge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bellamy
This was how you saluted the flag originally when doing the pledge:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellamy_salute
He was a communist. It's pretty obvious.
That pledge was written by a communist and you can see it in the "One Nation" part. However, it got repurposed over time to include nationalism and God (everything he did NOT want) so we made it ours in the end.
Ah,
so he wanted to separate church and state;
so he could separate morality from politics?
So [they] wouldn't have to do the right thing, but whatever they wanted?
Morality can and does exist outside of a religious context. One does not need to be religious or follow religious preaching in order to still be moral.
From whence does this secular objective morality spring?