Arizona

I am ten years younger than you are and I remember when "Under God"
was added to the pledge so you must have already graduated? from
high school. In our public school we had to say the Lord's prayer and
the Pledge of Allegiance every morning.
I remember keeping my head down and looking out the corners of
my eyes at my classmates and wondering, do they really believe this
bullshit? I remember when Ike was president and they added "under God"
to the pledge. I was aghast, I believe I was in the 3rd grade. In '67 I
was in the army and bound for 'Nam but by a strange roll of the dice I
ended up in Germany.
I served and looked forward into joining a Veterans club for cheaper
beer now that I was a qualified veteran and old enough to drink. But I
could not sign up unless I was a Christian (or believed in some other god?).

Adding "under God" humanizes the great spook because he is already
there for us. Putting him in a pledge takes that away. The spook knows.

Thanks BarbD, now I feel better.