Or our pledge, "One nation, under Gods"...since we seem to have so many faiths and a number of Gods?
2006-12-21 05:32:13 · 37 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
NO NO and NO!!!!! :o)
2006-12-21 05:33:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
"In God We Trust" was not added to our currency until 1862, during the Civil War, when the nation was becoming more religious, and in a dire conflict, (when they felt like they needed God's "guidance.") This is obviously almost 100 years after our country's founding. The Pledge of Allegiance was not written until 1892, by Francis Bellamy, and goes as follows "I pledge allegiance to the and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." That's IT! The phrase "under God" was not added until 1954 by Congress, after a campaign by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization. So, the pledge itself wasn't written until about 115 years after our nation's founding, and "under God" has only been in the pledge for 52 years. Hardly "proof" that our nation was founded as a "Christian Nation." Our "founding Fathers" were, for the most part "Deists" they believed in a God, but did not believe that God had any part in our every day lives, and they weren't "Christians." And it was NEVER their intention that this be a "Christian Nation."
2006-12-21 08:06:51 · answer #2 · answered by wendy g 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I do not think that our currency should read "in God we trust "or that the the pledge should have "one nation under God". It shows disrespect to Hindus, Buddhists and other religions that are not god based. It is also an insult to atheists. I wish the government had left the pledge and our currency alone. Did you know both those were later additions? And isn't it obvious that many Americans on here are not even cognizant of American history?
2006-12-21 05:39:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
As an Atheist, I cross it out on every bill I recieve, and I no longer say the pledge because of that ****...
So I think that it should be removed, as I even am against having it say "In No God We Trust"....
Atheists tried to respect religion for too long, and that is about to change my friend.
2006-12-21 06:00:31 · answer #4 · answered by themicrowavemaster 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No to both.
In the case of currency, it should be phased out of the newer cash. The Pledge should never have been changed to begin with.
2006-12-21 05:44:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hmm. Interesting question.
Unlike the Pledge of Allegiance, when 'Under God' was added very recently, 'In God We Trust' was added during the Civil War.
So for historical purposes it's pretty standard and unquestioned.
It doesn't actually propose any god per se, and in conjunction with 'E Pluibus Unum' (translated: out of many, one) I think it gets the message across.
2006-12-21 05:39:42 · answer #6 · answered by Prakash V 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Our money shouldn't have any religious reference on it at all.
And it's hysterically funny that the original idea for putting a mention of "God" on our money *included the concept that doing so would work as a magic charm to prevent the Untied States from having bad things happen to it*!!
It's also amusing to me that the person who first suggested a mention of "God' on our money mentions the "goddess of liberty".
Check it out!
"This would place us openly under the Divine protection we have personally claimed."
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml
So putting "God" on our money would make "God" more interested in protecting the United States.
And yet the wearing of (non-Christian) magic charms is considered Satanic...go figure.
2006-12-21 05:41:18 · answer #7 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very interesting, Creed has a song, “in America” and the lyrics at one point says the following:
“Only in America we stamp our God, In God we trust...”
That should be an eye opener to a lot of people ... your God is your money.
2006-12-21 05:42:44 · answer #8 · answered by obadyahu777 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in the experience that they suspect in God, why have they were given to positioned it on their money? To remind them? "Oh, seem, the nickel says 'In God We believe'. that's good! I had forgotten. No, not the pint, the fifth. And a hardpack of Marlboro lighting fixtures fixtures. i'm paying funds."
2016-12-01 01:29:04 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. "God" should appear nowhere on our money or in our pledge. It didn't before the Red Scare of the 1950s (the pledge, anyway) and it shouldn't now.
Blessed Yule!
)O(
2006-12-21 05:35:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
Yeah. You really have to have faith to believe that money really has any value. I guess if you have more gods supporting it perhaps the $ could keep up with the pound and Euro.
2006-12-21 05:34:40 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋