Let’s get one thing straight, because apparently this needs to be spelled out: “one nation under God” was shoved into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 — 62 years after it was written — and “In God We Trust” wasn’t slapped on as the national motto until 1956. These aren’t ancient founding principles. They’re Cold War-era additions, period.

And here’s the part that should make your head explode: The Pledge was written by Francis Bellamy — a Baptist minister — and even he didn’t include “under God.” A literal man of God knew better. He understood that the Founders never intended to build a Christian theocracy, so he left it out.

So the next time someone tries to tell you this country was “founded on Christian values” and points to those phrases as proof, you shut that argument down immediately. Neither phrase had anything to do with this nation for nearly 200 years after its founding. They are not original. They are not sacred founding text. They are 20th century political insertions — and no amount of revisionist history changes that.

The facts aren’t up for debate. The timeline is the timeline.