Should IN GOD WE TRUST be removed from our money?

Working mom wrote:

Yes, and let's abolish all religious institutions and religious gatherings too.

Or not.

Working mom wrote:

Yes, and let's abolish all religious institutions and religious gatherings too.

Comparing private organizations with government is a poor analogy. It's not the same thing and you know it.

MPMARTIN wrote:

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Perhaps not, but it was there to remind us of our roots. However, I will yield to the Madalyn Murray O'Hairs and her pinko, bedwetting ACLU buddies and lets just do away with all religion in this country. And while we're at it, let's take down all the crosses from our National Cemetaries that honor our fallen soldiers.
Just think about it for a sec, where has this nations morality gone in the past 50 years?

Where has this nation's morality gone in the past 50 years? Hmmm... We've gone from general acceptance of Jim Crow laws to a general acknowledgement that racial discrimination is unacceptable. We're also more inclined to accept and encourage women who make career choices that fifty years ago were considered the exclusive province of men.

Even today, when the Religious Right holds such sway over our politics, we're generally much more tolerant of religious diversity than we were fifty years ago. We're also much less inclined to believe that what goes on in the privacy of other people's bedrooms is our (or the government's) business than we were fifty years ago.

So, all in all, I'd say that our nation's morality has vastly improved over the past fifty years. I certainly wouldn't want to try to return to your idealized version of the 1950s, even if such an endeavor were possible.

MPMARTIN wrote:

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Perhaps not, but it was there to remind us of our roots. However, I will yield to the Madalyn Murray O'Hairs and her pinko, bedwetting ACLU buddies and lets just do away with all religion in this country. And while we're at it, let's take down all the crosses from our National Cemetaries that honor our fallen soldiers.
Just think about it for a sec, where has this nations morality gone in the past 50 years?

Oh, and what do you people have against the ACLU, anyway? The ACLU will steadfastly defend your right to wet your bed, so lighten up! You know you want to.

MPMARTIN wrote:

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Perhaps not, but it was there to remind us of our roots. However, I will yield to the Madalyn Murray O'Hairs and her pinko, bedwetting ACLU buddies and lets just do away with all religion in this country. And while we're at it, let's take down all the crosses from our National Cemetaries that honor our fallen soldiers.
Just think about it for a sec, where has this nations morality gone in the past 50 years?

I should add one thing: when you say that the motto "In God wi trust" is added to our money "to remind us of our roots," are you advocating, perhaps, bringing us back to the days of the Salem Witch Trials?

You are aware, are you not, that the U.S. Constitution contains no references to God, Jesus or Christianity? This is the only document that matters when one is trying to interpret what the laws of the United States means. The Declaration of Independence contains a deistic reference to "the Creator", but guess what? The Declaration of Independence isn't important at all!

The purpose of the Declaration of Independence was simply to encourage France to ally itself with the American colonists, particularly since the colonists needed the help of a strong navy to vie with the British navy. America didn't become independent from Great Britain until January 14, 1784, when the Congress of the Confederation approved the Treaty of Paris, thus ending the Revoultionary War in America. God didn't have anything to do with this.

I should add one thing: when you say that the motto "In God WE trust" is added to our money "to remind us of our roots," are you advocating, perhaps, bringing us back to the days of the Salem Witch Trials?

Working mom wrote:

Yes, and let's abolish all religious institutions and religious gatherings too.

Okay.:)

Working Mom wrote:

Yes, let's get religion out of government.

Seperation of Church and States.

MPMARTIN wrote:

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Perhaps not, but it was there to remind us of our roots. However, I will yield to the Madalyn Murray O'Hairs and her pinko, bedwetting ACLU buddies and lets just do away with all religion in this country. And while we're at it, let's take down all the crosses from our National Cemetaries that honor our fallen soldiers.
Just think about it for a sec, where has this nations morality gone in the past 50 years?

Where has your brain gone? Popping pills with your buddy Rush? Neocons are so incredibly boring.

God Of War wrote:

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Seperation of Church and States.

Yes.
SepAration.

Ban religion outright.
Imprison anyone who practices it.
Imprison anyone for participating in religious gatherings.
Ban and burn all Bibles.

Outlaw anything having to do with religion.
Wear a cross around your neck - go to jail.
Utter a religious word, like "Jesus" - go to jail.

No more religion period.
It's ruining the country and the world.

Working mom wrote:

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Yes.
SepAration.
Ban religion outright.
Imprison anyone who practices it.
Imprison anyone for participating in religious gatherings.
Ban and burn all Bibles.
Outlaw anything having to do with religion.
Wear a cross around your neck - go to jail.
Utter a religious word, like "Jesus" - go to jail.
No more religion period.
It's ruining the country and the world.

There's a bloody big difference between keeping government and religion separate and enjoining government to ban religion. You're creating a straw man.

If all these folks who want GOD removed from everything were in another country what would they be told. Could you see these same folks telling the government in Iran, Iraq, or any of the Middle East to take Allah out of everything. This would not happen America needs to not forget were we came from.

GOD the Father the Son and the Holy Sprit

To the muslim/liberal that would ask such a stupid question.....We know what you would like to see on "OUR" money.."IN MUHHAMED WE TRUST/KILL/INFIDEL"...... ...

Joe Jesus is real wrote:

If all these folks who want GOD removed from everything were in another country what would they be told. Could you see these same folks telling the government in Iran, Iraq, or any of the Middle East to take Allah out of everything. This would not happen America needs to not forget were we came from.
GOD the Father the Son and the Holy Sprit

A religous crackpot is a religous crackpot, it doesn't matter what country your from.

Freemind wrote:

<quoted text>Yes, and while were on the subject of dumping, dump the "under god" from the pledge. That was added on for no good reason too.

I agree!

Freemind wrote:

Seriously though. What is the point of having "In god we trust" on our money? Can somebody give me a valid reason? I can't think of one and I'd really like to know.

Because christains make up about 90% of the american population and we want in God we trust on money.

Seperation of church and state means that the government cannot and willnot tell any person how or where he chooses to worship GOD. Heres an example for all. Since there is probably more catholics in the USA, the government does not have the right to make the catholic relgion the only religion in the USA. A person has the right to be Baptise or any form of christain religion. I dont think that our founding father's would approve of one nation under satan, buddah, alah,or any other pegan god. If going to church to you means laying down in your back yard and singing to god thats great but however you choose to worship in this country it needs to be the one and only true God Jesus Christ. If you dont like that there is another freedom you can use the freedom to leave.

Reaux wrote:

<quoted text> Because christains make up about 90% of the american population and we want in God we trust on money.

It wouldn't matter if 100% of the U.S. population was Christian. Government is in no way supposed to endorse religion.

BTW, Christianity comprises about 76% of the population and it is dropping. Islam is the world's fastest growing religion. I have a sneaking suspicion that you would never accept Allah on your coins.

Reaux wrote:

Seperation of church and state means that the government cannot and willnot tell any person how or where he chooses to worship GOD. Heres an example for all. Since there is probably more catholics in the USA, the government does not have the right to make the catholic relgion the only religion in the USA. A person has the right to be Baptise or any form of christain religion. I dont think that our founding father's would approve of one nation under satan, buddah, alah,or any other pegan god. If going to church to you means laying down in your back yard and singing to god thats great but however you choose to worship in this country it needs to be the one and only true God Jesus Christ. If you dont like that there is another freedom you can use the freedom to leave.

Proof positive that you only want YOUR religion represented on currency.

Absolutely.
E Pluribus Unum should be put back on coins.

Also "under God" should be removed from the pledge (it wasn't there until 1954). The government whould stay out of the religion business.