[QUOTE="MagnumPI"][QUOTE="Eman5805"][QUOTE="MagnumPI"][QUOTE="Eman5805"]So, America is not a Christian nation? Yet all of our money says "In God We Trust" I Love it! :lol: gameguy6700
Most religions have a god. Mythology is full of gods, gods that aren't particular to any religion. A god is a divinity, a supreme being. It merely states "In god we trust" It doesn't declaire any religion. Remember the olympian gods?
Like the expressions. "I feel like a god." or "it's god like" God meaning uncanny, extraordinary or superior.
Well, thanks for the lesson, but seriously, in 1950 something you're telling me they could have been talking about Zeus? (Of course to an atheist they're the same thing, right?) Generally, in America, when someone says God with the big "G" they're talking about a monotheistic religion. And since Christianity is the predominate monotheistic religion in America(unless it isn't somehow), it's a high probability that they're refering to the Chrisitan one when saying "In God We Trust." Which is the one I believe in btw.
That's all I'm saying.
The thing is most religions don't have a god with a name. It's just generic. It's just god.Most religions are a spin off of Christianity or Judaism. The nation is christian by history. American's believed in Jesus Christ.So technically we are a christian nation. We still celebrate christmas and live by the creed of christian religions.
I don't even know why they even added that in God we trust to the currency. Maybe the figured since the 70% of Non-religious americans celebrate christmas and rest celebrate some sort of other religious holiday there shouldn't be any reason for the the currecny not to say "In god we trust"
It just says in "god we trust" It's generic. It could be any god. If you gave god a name that would offend anyone who believes in another god. In god we trust. Which god? pfft whichever god you want it to be.
read my above post as to why it doesnt refer to just any god. Also, most religions are anything but a spinoff of a christianity. Hinduism, buddhism, shintoism, to say nothing of the thousands of tribal religions in the world. The only religions that are based of off the Judaic god are Judaism, christianty, Islam, and Mormanism.
BUT MOST AMERICAN religions are christian spinoffs. We are talking about america.
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