What do you think of "In God We Trust" on money?

For American money at least. I couldn't care less, but I'm curious about what you have to say OT.

It was added onto coins in 1864 and onto paper bills in 1957. It needs to be removed from both.

I'm indifferent really.

I want it on my money.

I don't have a problem with it, and if anyone does have a problem with it they need to reevaluate their lives and priorities.

I'm indifferent really.

Hubadubalubahu

I don't have a problem with it, and if anyone does have a problem with it they need to reevaluate their lives and priorities.

SPYDER0416

What if it said, "In no God we trust" or "In many Gods we trust" and people wanted to remove that? Would those people need to reevaluate?

I don't have a problem with it, and if anyone does have a problem with it they need to reevaluate their lives and priorities.

SPYDER0416

I wouldn't go so far as to insult anyone against it... It's not the 1800's there are many gods/religions and having christianity being the baldeagle of religions is getting a little droll. Were a little more open minded then to try and force an entire nations view on life...or are we...:o

I'm not bothered by four insignificant words on a piece of paper.

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I don't have a problem with it, and if anyone does have a problem with it they need to reevaluate their lives and priorities.

Hubadubalubahu

I wouldn't go so far as to insult anyone against it... It's not the 1800's there are many gods/religions and having christianity being the baldeagle of religions is getting a little droll. Were a little more open minded then to try and force an entire nations view on life...or are we...:o

I'm not insulting anyone over it, I just think getting up on arms on what your money says is just... dumb. No one is forcing their view on anyone, its just some writing on paper that's been there for years, and I think people getting offended over it is a symbol of over political correctness ruling our society.

Plus, seriously? If someone has the time to be offended over that, I just personally think they should focus on something else, like the election this year or poverty, or something less minor and dumb.

[QUOTE="Hubadubalubahu"]

[QUOTE="SPYDER0416"]

I don't have a problem with it, and if anyone does have a problem with it they need to reevaluate their lives and priorities.

SPYDER0416

I wouldn't go so far as to insult anyone against it... It's not the 1800's there are many gods/religions and having christianity being the baldeagle of religions is getting a little droll. Were a little more open minded then to try and force an entire nations view on life...or are we...:o

I'm not insulting anyone over it, I just think getting up on arms on what your money says is just... dumb. No one is forcing their view on anyone, its just some writing on paper that's been there for years, and I think people getting offended over it is a symbol of over political correctness ruling our society.

Plus, seriously? If someone has the time to be offended over that, I just personally think they should focus on something else, like the election this year or poverty, or something less minor and dumb.

For me, I'm not "offended" by it, I just don't think it makes any sense for the government to endorse a religion, which it does do. Also the debate it cause is a good way to expose more religious Americans to the idea that their religious convictions might not be correct and general atheistic arguments.

I don't care. I see it in thousand dollar increments on a daily basis at work and it doesn't bother me.

I'm atheist and it's just a relic of days past. If people want to still believe that there's a god and he's moderating the US then let them. It has exactly zero impact on my life unless someone brings up the laughable argument that god is on our money.

Since it doesn't define which God it's referring to but 'God', there is really no problem with it. Nude_Dude

It endorses theism over atheism and I would also say that it probably endorses monotheism over polytheism.

[QUOTE="Nude_Dude"]Since it doesn't define which God it's referring to but 'God', there is really no problem with it. pdevil21

It endorses theism over atheism and I would also say that it probably endorses monotheism over polytheism.

EDIT: But really, I think we all know that it is endorsing Christianity.

i dont think god likes money hungry greed sinners. ironic isnt it?

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[QUOTE="Hubadubalubahu"]

I wouldn't go so far as to insult anyone against it... It's not the 1800's there are many gods/religions and having christianity being the baldeagle of religions is getting a little droll. Were a little more open minded then to try and force an entire nations view on life...or are we...:o

pdevil21

I'm not insulting anyone over it, I just think getting up on arms on what your money says is just... dumb. No one is forcing their view on anyone, its just some writing on paper that's been there for years, and I think people getting offended over it is a symbol of over political correctness ruling our society.

Plus, seriously? If someone has the time to be offended over that, I just personally think they should focus on something else, like the election this year or poverty, or something less minor and dumb.

For me, I'm not "offended" by it, I just don't think it makes any sense for the government to endorse a religion, which it does do. Also the debate it cause is a good way to expose more religious Americans to the idea that their religious convictions might not be correct and general atheistic arguments.

"In God We Trust" isn't really an endorsement of religion though. Its more of a traditional writing, and considering how "God" is a being in many religions, its not an endorsement of any one religion, just a line that's been a part of dollar bills.

No one is more for separation of church and state then me, but trying to get a line removed on some money is just silly.

should say in illuminati we trustZumaJones07

Lol do people honestly care? With all the other things going on in life right now...this is the last thing i give a s*** about.

It's just one of those things printed on money: Doesn't mean a whole lot really unless you wanted to. I mean, on British banknotes it says that the Chief Cashier of the Bank of England promises to pay me £5, despite the fact that I'm already holding a £5 note.

It's silly that a secular nation has that on its currency.cheese_game619

I'm indifferent whether it stays or it is removed.

It bothers me so much I cant sleep at night. Actually, I could care less.

I would rather have the under god line removed in the pledge instead of this.sSubZerOo

Shh...there are still Commies in this country we need to expose...

My money has Darwin on it.

Darwin > God

For American money at least. I couldn't care less, but I'm curious about what you have to say OT.

ConkerAndBerri2

It's pointless to have it there, but I don't care.

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[QUOTE="SPYDER0416"]

I'm not insulting anyone over it, I just think getting up on arms on what your money says is just... dumb. No one is forcing their view on anyone, its just some writing on paper that's been there for years, and I think people getting offended over it is a symbol of over political correctness ruling our society.

Plus, seriously? If someone has the time to be offended over that, I just personally think they should focus on something else, like the election this year or poverty, or something less minor and dumb.

SPYDER0416

For me, I'm not "offended" by it, I just don't think it makes any sense for the government to endorse a religion, which it does do. Also the debate it cause is a good way to expose more religious Americans to the idea that their religious convictions might not be correct and general atheistic arguments.

"In God We Trust" isn't really an endorsement of religion though. Its more of a traditional writing, and considering how "God" is a being in many religions, its not an endorsement of any one religion, just a line that's been a part of dollar bills.

No one is more for separation of church and state then me, but trying to get a line removed on some money is just silly.

What if it said "In Allah We Trust"?

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[QUOTE="pdevil21"]

For me, I'm not "offended" by it, I just don't think it makes any sense for the government to endorse a religion, which it does do. Also the debate it cause is a good way to expose more religious Americans to the idea that their religious convictions might not be correct and general atheistic arguments.

worlock77

"In God We Trust" isn't really an endorsement of religion though. Its more of a traditional writing, and considering how "God" is a being in many religions, its not an endorsement of any one religion, just a line that's been a part of dollar bills.

No one is more for separation of church and state then me, but trying to get a line removed on some money is just silly.

What if it said "In Allah We Trust"?

Isn't Allah a proper name whereas God is open to interpretation?LJS9502_basic

no, allah is just a word that means god. it's not a name.

for example, yhwh (or yahweh) is a "name" of god, but not allah.

My money has Darwin on it.

Darwin > God

toast_burner

[QUOTE="worlock77"]

[QUOTE="SPYDER0416"]

"In God We Trust" isn't really an endorsement of religion though. Its more of a traditional writing, and considering how "God" is a being in many religions, its not an endorsement of any one religion, just a line that's been a part of dollar bills.

No one is more for separation of church and state then me, but trying to get a line removed on some money is just silly.

LJS9502_basic

What if it said "In Allah We Trust"?

No. "Allah" is simply "God" in a different language, just like "Deus" or "Gott".

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What if it said "In Allah We Trust"?

worlock77

No. "Allah" is simply "God" in a different language, just like "Deus" or "Gott".

Anyone who freaks out about it is being a huge cry baby

Well it was European protestants that fled to the United States from religious persecution in Europe. I think it's a statement of our countries roots, in essence a reason for it's existence. I think it's appropriate to have on our money. Plus we still are a highly Christian nation after all. ferrari2001

A few European Protestants feld to the new world to escape religious persecution. The vast majority of settlers, however, came to America because of its plentiful unclaimed land. And the reason why this country exists is because people got tired of paying taxes to a government they had no say in. And this country has written into its founding law a clause seperating church and state. And while having "In God We Trust" printed on our money isn't establishing a law, it is, I feel, skirting the line of seperation. The phrase has no business being on our currency and it's high time it was removed.

The US dollar has bigger problems than what's written on it's banknotes........

The US dollar has bigger problems than what's written on it's banknotes........

Storm_Marine

And yet it's a simple issue to correct.

I don't mind it at all. I don't get why people actually care.