Should "In God We Trust" be taken off of US money?

by LaChica Posted 2008/05/07 05:14:11

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chainsaw 2008/05/07 14:51:38

No

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That's a silly question. Seeing the word God on money isn't making me nor anyone else all of a sudden go to church. Since it's not inspiring me, why is it despairing to others?
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Brosia to ValorNET 2011/04/22 02:26:03

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Love that.

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ValorNET to Brosia 2011/04/22 02:37:00 (edited)

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Yup. And people who take offense, I do say to them:
If you take offense to what I suggest, change the facts, and make me a believer of otherwise.

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Karen to ValorNET 2011/08/15 20:25:49

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That makes no sense for a non-believer. Atheist= Believes in no Gods.

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ValorNET to Karen 2011/09/13 20:33:03 (edited)

I'm not Atheist. I'm not a believer of "God" as an entity or embodied "persona".
God is a force, unfocused, a connector type energy.
It's essentially a "Dark Matter Conductor". Cannot be seen, intangible, yet persists.

*IF I were to be some "religion" it would be "Panentheist" at closest.

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greyjack to Brosia 2012/12/06 18:54:56

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Dont sell yourselves short in the media department mate. Its pretty much the only thing you do better than everyone else... Well that and make tanks.

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fairiefang -annoying fashio... 2011/04/13 18:36:31

Yes

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Why should we have something on our money that's about a deity that not everyone in the country believes in?

In fact, more and more people are turning away from the mainstream religions.

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Pranay Nath 2011/03/28 14:11:16

Yes

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definitely yes, we should not expose our children to such imaginary things especially on such real matters i.e money.

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Exposia 2011/03/16 06:26:38

No

Athiest stop trying to change this Beautiful nation into you communist utopia! this is a country of opportunity for all not forced equality by the government to all (unable to reach behind your station.) oh btw No God bless America!!!

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Karen to Exposia 2011/08/15 20:27:26

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Do people still use the word "communist" in conversation? LMAO.

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lola 2010/11/30 04:59:14

No

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To all you guys that say it should be taken off have fun in hell!! God is the reason why we are able to live on this earth!

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Karen to lola 2011/08/15 20:28:25

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Ohhh, I'm feeling the Christian love today. All warm and snuggly. :)

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C to Karen 2011/12/15 17:48:44

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Oh, I agree Karen. Isn't it interesting how the "Christians" who believe God loves everyone want everyone who differs with them to go to hell?

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C to lola 2011/12/15 17:47:54

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Nice .... even though there is no such thing as hell. "God is the reason why we are able to live on this earth!"? ---- Really? Defending ourselves with guns had nothing to do with it?

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Cowboy ... to lola 2012/12/07 05:28:15

Yep

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Faith † 2010/11/17 01:21:19 (edited)

No

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RED WHITE and BLUE. These colors don't run.
Our founders were Christian.

Edit: Ben Franklin wasn't duh, Memebr of the "hell fire club" but most of them were

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Melody to Faith † 2011/01/29 03:25:47

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*were...

In actual fact, our founding fathers were not Christian at all.
Just do a little Google searching and you'll find out soon enough.
Cheers ;)

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C to Faith † 2011/12/15 17:56:39

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Faith, you are SO wrong, you couldn't be MORE wrong. Thomas Jefferson, the founding father that drafted the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, said that Christianity was the biggest travesty ever foisted upon humanity. James Madison said "during almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity, in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution." John Adams said "This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it!" George Washington fought for a country free of religious persecution and never declared himself a Christian in any way.

You might crack a book other than the Bible once in a while and you might learn something.

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Faith † to C 2013/03/09 05:49:45

Ahhh the fact check finally arrives a year after i posted this. good job.

you clearly took this comment WAY too seriously.

just because they did not declare them selves part of a formal church does NOT preclude the faith they clearly had.

what they hated was the messed up crud they saw in organized religion of their day.

Thomas Jefferson was a Deist FYI, that means he believed in GOD just not that GOD was present in the everyday affairs of men. A common intellectual view point of the age.

James Madison and John Adams would later get themselves in hot water over their views but the FACT remains that the morality taught by Christianity is very clear and present in the founding documents of our nation.

For politeness sake we find the phrase "Endowed by their Creator" instead of Given to them by GOD. A contribution for which you can thank the deists.

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Thom 2010/09/10 02:30:16
qt8625 2010/06/15 14:55:45

No

Darrell Scott, the father of Rachel Scott, a victim of the Columbine High School shootings looked at the shootings as a spiritual event forcing us to question what has happened to us as a nation. In refusing to honor God, we have opened the doors to hatred and violence in our children. We must, and should have a sacred disregard for legislation that violates your God-given right to communicate with Him.To remove "In God We Trust" off the US money would be one more political and restrictive influence on our growth as a nation when spiritual influences were present within our educational systems for most of our nations history.

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John 2010/05/26 20:03:32

No

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god is god what ever your religion, it is not a named god only the supreme, the most high of any religion.
The statement does not violate any constitutional tenant, as there is A) no establishment or influence of church & State (separation), and B) it does not influence freedom of religion ( it is freedom of not freedom from religion) as it is a generic term rather than the name of any god.

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Karen to John 2011/08/15 20:29:39

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Except for non-believers.

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Nels03 2010/04/12 14:06:28 (edited)

No

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No it should not be taken off.
If you didnt know Secretary Chase instructed James Pollock, Director of the Mint at Philadelphia, to prepare a motto, in a letter dated November 20, 1861:
Dear Sir: No nation can be strong except in the strength of God, or safe except in His defense. The trust of our people in God should be declared on our national coins.
http://www.ustreas.gov/educat...
and so forth..
I dont care what you do or dont believe in, our country was founded because they wanted relious freedom so they can worship who ever they wanted to. To this point, this country isn't forcing one national religion or saying you cant worship who you want, but you shouldnt get rid of the foundation of what this nation was built on, which was, like it or not, God.

Not to mention, "in God we trust" wasnt put on money for religous purpose, it was put on money because we were taken off of the Silver and Gold standard, if you are educated, you would know what that is.

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love 2010/03/13 16:41:43

No

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I believe that its such perfect concept that it should never be changed ... its blaming the money when the people are the one whos responsible for they of it!!.. not the words , Me seeing remind me that there is hope no matter what .... coz in" god we trust " it gives us peeople a respect for money...

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tncdel to love 2010/03/15 13:17:27

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It's a shame that all the mystics who posted here don't see the HYPOCRISY of what they did by OPPRESSING non-mystics, forcing them to accept what they believe..

Separation of Church and State calls for NO presence of religious beliefs in government.

In short, although mystics have the freedom to believe in religion, the Constitution doesn't allow them to force their beliefs on others.

Atheists aren't forcing mystics to stop believing what they wish. All atheists are trying to do is to stop them from forcing their beliefs on them too.

When someone is more enlightened, they certainly don't want their enlightenment to be oppressed by ignorance.

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chamchamgal 2010/01/20 21:46:32

Yes

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Our founding fathers would not be happy. Plus where not a christan nation

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Ana 2010/01/19 04:39:51

No

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no why is it a big deal this is what our country was built on and to the aethists if you dont believe in God then why is it a big deal wh does it bother you so much? shouldnt your attitude just be those foolish christians God isnt real...instead you take offense and fight something that you dont believe is real??? as far as being offended well in God we trust has to do with the US history and by taking that away as a christian your offending me theres always someone that will b offended so why not just leave it...our country ran fine untill we started to lose sight of where we came from

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blackbe... to Ana 2011/01/19 15:21:44

fo real why should you make it should a big deal, this is the foundation of this "great" nation. nobody is forcing you to be a christian. why change something if nothing is wrong with it.

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plz_don't_save_me! 2010/01/18 00:58:41

Yes

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separation of church and state

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Ana to plz_don... 2010/01/19 04:43:40

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this means the government stays mutual when dealing with situations.....not that we should change the way things have always been

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K to Ana 2010/09/29 00:06:55

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If the gov't were to stay neutral and not change, then "In God we Trust" wouldn't have been on our money in the first place. The motto was made mandatory to be on our money by Congress in 1955, and that is not long before many of us were born.

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wow 2009/12/02 22:51:45

No

no way.

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Robert 2009/11/16 23:26:50

Yes

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What ever happened to separation of church and state? This is like declaring a national official religion.

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Ana to Robert 2010/01/19 04:45:05

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no its not hypathetically if muslims wanted to put somthing on our money they possibly couls act to do so. does that mean thier our national religon? no

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rm to Ana 2010/05/09 23:19:42

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how could they put something there if church and state cannot be one... the only reason they have it there now is because it's always been there, if they had a debate about it, it would cause upheaval between church and state (not to mention there already is one) if a different Religion wanted to put something on our currency, it would be a near impossible trial... and by the way I am a christian, not an atheist. I think our country is biased about this. too many excuses, it doesnt bother me personally because I am a christian, but I know friends who question it you know

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Robert to Ana 2011/04/25 21:05:30

thier is not a word, I believe you're going for they're

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iamawonder to Robert 2011/04/22 20:01:57

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The term "Seperation of Church and State" is being used to try to make others believe as they do. If you google the true fact of that term you will see it is not meaning the same thing that peopls such as you try to make it mean. Everyone has the right to any religion they want and telling anyone what they can display or what can be on radio or tv is something that anyone that is using that term is going against the ones that want it. The term "In God We Trust" was put on the money not for the purpose that the athiest are trying to get it taken off. This is so stupid when we have to argue about a few terms that were used decades ago and the meaning lost in ones that want to use it to their advantage. So if that is the case seeing someone wearing something of a different religion should not be done because it is an insult to others. That is exactly what anyone is saying when they dont want the Christians to have a Nativity at Christmas. Taking Prayer out of school and removing the ability for the Teachers to displicine your child is what is making the children act out and shoot each other. The blame comes from the parents that dont care and dont care to show the children the meaning of right and wrong. It is just wrong to take so much away that has always been good in the world...

The term "Seperation of Church and State" is being used to try to make others believe as they do. If you google the true fact of that term you will see it is not meaning the same thing that peopls such as you try to make it mean. Everyone has the right to any religion they want and telling anyone what they can display or what can be on radio or tv is something that anyone that is using that term is going against the ones that want it. The term "In God We Trust" was put on the money not for the purpose that the athiest are trying to get it taken off. This is so stupid when we have to argue about a few terms that were used decades ago and the meaning lost in ones that want to use it to their advantage. So if that is the case seeing someone wearing something of a different religion should not be done because it is an insult to others. That is exactly what anyone is saying when they dont want the Christians to have a Nativity at Christmas. Taking Prayer out of school and removing the ability for the Teachers to displicine your child is what is making the children act out and shoot each other. The blame comes from the parents that dont care and dont care to show the children the meaning of right and wrong. It is just wrong to take so much away that has always been good in the world. That is the biggest problem, when we were younger we said the Pledge of Allegince and we said a prayer before class. It did not hurt us and most of us are better for it. Our parents took us to church every Sunday and that didnt hurt us either. Everything made us a better person.
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ShellyBean 2009/10/22 03:57:20 (edited)

No

no. im christian and it makes me feel like i dont know.... i just feel safe.i wouldnt get mad if they took it off or anything, but i like it there. however, it not being there wouldnt mean christians are extinct. i'd kinda just feel like they kinda put white out in every history book. i mean, come on. it's been there so long.why change it now?? it's like peeling george washington off the ones because some one may have decided they didnt like white wigs. if it gets removed,that's too bad. but it wont stop anyone from being allowed to have faith in their religion. :] ima still go to church!

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Shuttup<3 2009/10/22 00:48:07

No

no!no!and one more thing,....no!

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Andrew 2009/10/18 16:19:51

No

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Absolutley in no in way should GOD be taken off our money. GOD has been rooted out of to many things all ready. Thats why we have kids killing kids. Children out of control. It was not always like this people. Take away GOD and we are headed for certain destruction. GOD Bless.

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