How would Christians like it if on our money it said "There Is No God" or "In Zeus We Trust"? Or if in our pledge there was "One Nation, Under Allah". Religion has no place in the government. It's really only a matter of time before anything about God is taken out of our government.
Here's a link to the first video in a 10 part series about this topic. It starts off slow and is very long, but it's a must watch for everyone who wants to be informed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEknKMWY844
2006-10-06 13:48:13 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Indeed, johnny_c, people are more stupid. Can you believe that some people don't believe in Evolution?
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/section1.html
This site discusses it well and has 29+ evidences for it.
2006-10-07 11:02:13 · update #1
Myth:
You have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.
Response:
This claim is common, but it rests on a misunderstanding of what real freedom of religion entails. The most important thing to remember is that freedom of religion, if it is going to apply to everyone, also requires freedom from religion. Why is that? You do not truly have the freedom to practice your religious beliefs if you are also required to adhere to any of the religious beliefs or rules of other religions.
Could we really say that Jews and Muslims would have freedom of religion if they were required to show same respect to images of Jesus that Christians have? Would Christians and Muslims really have freedom of their religion if they were required to wear yarmulkes? Would Christians and Jews have freedom of religion if they were required to adhere to Muslim dietary restrictions?
Simply pointing out that people have the freedom to pray however they wish is not enough.
Forcing people to accept some particular idea or adhere to behavioral standards from someone else’s religion means that their religious freedom is being infringed upon.
Freedom from religion means freedom from the rules and dogmas of other people’s religious beliefs so that we can be free to follow the demands of our own conscience, whether they take a religious form or not. Thus, we have both freedom of religion and freedom from religion because they are two sides of the same coin.
2006-10-09 20:54:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree that, since this is a secular nation, we should get rid of "In God we Trust". But, I disagree that it's specifically Christian. Note that it DOES NOT say, "In Jesus we trust." Many of our founders were Free Masons and Deists. Free Masonry has traditionally, despite its Judeo-Christian imagery and mythological base, accepted anybody who believes in a holy book and a supreme being (any holy book and any supreme being!). Deists believe that a supreme being, otherwise "God", created the universe and its workings but then left it alone.
The notion that our nation is a "Christian" nation is pure poppycock churned out by the Fundamentalist propaganada machine. In the Treaty of Tripoli, signed into law by President Adams in 1796, which was a treaty with the Muslim nation of Tripoli, it says, "The United States of America is IN NO WAY founded as a Christian nation."[1] That makes the views of our founders pretty clear, I think. To them, "In God we trust" meant Alla as well as Jehovah (in fact, according to Muslim belief, Alla IS Jehovah, so it's not matter anyway) or Jesus. It meant whatever version of a supreme being someone believed in.
That being said, I stand by my assertion that religious language should be taken out of anything produced by the American government, since not everybody these days believes in a supreme being and the U.S. Constitution clearly states in the First Amendment, "Congress shall make no law regarding the establishment of religion and the free exercise thereof".[2]
2006-10-06 14:16:20 · answer #2 · answered by Ivan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Founding Fathers were for the most part professing Christians
and so it is not surprising that our coinage bears this motto.
What is remarkable is that in spite of all our mistakes the USA continues to be the No. one nation as per economy, military strength,
and education. Please don't make the mistake that there is no connection here. No one is that stupid.
I Cr 13;8a
10-7-6
2006-10-07 00:59:33 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although "God" could refer to any god, even Zeus, I completely agree with you. If the pledge said "One Nation, Under Allah" (even though allah translates to god) I think (some) Christians would go absolutely crazy. Thanks for the link to the video, I'll check it out.
2006-10-06 14:04:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Final Verse of the Star-Spangled Banner (written 1814)
O thus be it ever when free-men shall stand
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust!”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
2006-10-06 13:55:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
This country was founded on Christian principles, so the money has that on there. Most city seals have something Christian on them, its only been in the last 40 years that ,that is a problem. I say ,if you don't like it ,move.
2006-10-06 15:25:59 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Our nation was founded on the principles of the bible, and the foundations of the 10 commandments. The forefathers of our nation put their trust in God to guide this nation in every step of their growth as a young nation when they broke away from the oppression from the English oppression of King George who tried to tell them who to worship. That is why the phrase "In God we Trust" was put on our money from the very beginning. I think you need to get your history straight.
2006-10-06 14:00:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you don't want to live in a nation founded by Christians then blame your parents and move to India
2006-10-06 15:25:06 · answer #8 · answered by Beth 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i do no longer care the two way, in spite of the undeniable fact that I make it a element to capitalize Gods yet no longer god except pertaining to a particular god just to harass boastful fundies who think of basically they have the solutions.
2016-10-18 22:59:47 · answer #9 · answered by itani 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Watch some christians cover their ears and not listen! Especially the ones who think that's been there forever when it's only been there for about 50 years because of the whole Red Scare thing!
I'm not bothered by it or anything, but I am bothered by people who think like that. They don't like separation of church and state.
2006-10-06 13:55:05 · answer #10 · answered by Elizabeth 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋