Carol, do these sound familiar?

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation....

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

What does the Pledge of Allegiance have to do with Christianity, that the Declaration of Independence does not? Both mention God, but not Christ.
Oh, I didn't find any reference to God or Creator in the U.S. Constitution (maybe it's there and I didn't find it) - but the Declaration of Independence makes clear reference to God.

I thought was had always had "In God We Trust" on our coins and currency, but the U.S. Treasury says this is a far more recent innovation, not even proposed until an upsurge of religious sentiment during the Civil War. SRS, I believe that "under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954, in response to a campaign by the Catholic Knights of Columbus.

-Joe-