| Okay I want to hear your thoughts on removing the words "In God We Trust" from things such as money and "Under God" from our pledge. From my point of view I hate the thought of this. I understand freedom of religion and the separation of church and state. However, it is not forcing a religion on anyone by having these words on our money and in our pledge. It is just keeping the tradition of what we found our country on alive. I mean it doesn't say in Jesus Christ we Trust. I don't think things with such meaning and tradition should be removed from our currency, pledges, etc. |
Thursday, July 27, 2006
In God We Trust
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Keep in mind that "In God We Trust" was no on our money until 1864. The founding fathers had nothign to do with it, they were all dead when this law passed. The founding fathers made our national motto "E Plurubus Unum," latin for "Out of many, one." In God We Trust didn't become the national motto until 1956, again, nothing to do with the founding fathers.
http://www.treasury.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml
It is a biased source (as are most sources), so take it for what it's worth.
Selah, that is the slippery slope fallacy. There is absolutely no way that Americans would allow anyone to take away the freedom of religion, they would revolt first.
Keep in mind that it is unconstitutional to force someone to say the Pledge. And that the people who don't say the Pledge, in every case I've heard of, are people who are American citizens born and raised in the U.S. The right of free speech goes both ways -- what you can say and what you can be forced to say.
I'm sure everyone knows that "under God" does not mean any specific religion. The only people that would have a problem with this would be aethiest. Other than that, there is no necessary reason to remove "under God" or "in God we trust."
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