somehow result in god no longer existing? how does keeping the government out of the religion business prevent you from worshiping god?
2007-01-23 11:03:25 · 27 answers · asked by Nick F 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Clearly they want a belief in the existence of God to be endorsed, and thereby taught as well, in the public schools. They think, or at least argue, that division of church and state doesn't mean division of god and state. But of course it does by any objective interpretation. And in a way the Christians (and some others) are being knowingly deceptive, because they think that teaching what they believe to be the truth overrides any qualms about the necessity to be devious in its accomplishment.
2007-01-23 11:15:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
It is not about God no longer existing...we know he would still exist. Removing God from the pledge, and the dollar, does not keep government out of religion, it already is out of it. People like you are trying to make it like there is some form of interference. Better question, how does it hurt you, to have him, god, put on those things..? What is the big deal, seriously. It does you no harm. Kind of funny to make such a ruckus for something that simply does not exist to you anyway, and has literally, no effect on your life. There are a lot more deeper reasons than these, but those are the most obvious, logically hard to get around. No matter how you "slice" it, this country at one time, (like at the times these things were made up, or printed, etc.), did respect the idea of a god, and that he had something to do with the good things that have happened to the history of this country. IF, god does exist, it makes complete sense, that this country has been blessed, like in the past (in the bible), and if we turn our backs on him, (try to make him nonexistent) ,it will be interesting to see what happens, if not devastating. We have seen that happen in history as well. Having him mentioned, is not so big a deal, having him taken out, is a huge deal, to many. There are bigger battles to fight....
2007-01-23 19:09:39 · answer #2 · answered by oceansnsunsets 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm Christian, and I actually want to remove God from the pledge and the dollar, because that really isn't a big issue, because true Christians and people of other religions too would still worship the same and it would not make a difference to them.
I think that government should be totally separated from religion. The government should focus solely on how to better our society.
2007-01-23 19:14:06 · answer #3 · answered by Jay 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Why should we change our dollar and our pledge? For immigrants that don't believe in our god? Because america has become such a large melting pot that now we are changing the very foundation we were built on to make other people happy?? If we keep removing God from everything, yes, god will slowly become less evident in our lives, and I'm not a practicing religious person, but this is what I believe. If you don't integrate God in the lives of Americans, and erase him from things that he originally was a part of, he will not be as important to people., as opposed to if you spoke of him every day, and saw his name, you would constantly be reminded of him, and be reminded to do the right thing by god, or by people. And if you don't like saying the pledge, then leave the country! And if you don't want God on our dollar bills.. then don't earn money! Simple as that.
2007-01-23 19:11:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
In my country God is neither on a pledge (we don't have one) or on the dollar. He is mentioned in the National Anthem. Frankly, it's not having Him on the dollar that is important. But the fight to get Him off the dollar speaks loads about the intolerance of some people. I find it's ugly to try to do that. Do non-Christians think having God mentioned on the dollar will somehow bring Him into existence when He didn't exist before? Really! If He is that unimmportant to you, why fight Him so hard?
2007-01-23 19:15:13 · answer #5 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It has been there a long time. No one has died from the term under God or in God we trust yet. There are just such defiant people that would uproot the entire Constitution and rip it to shreds. Then we can have an anarchy. Yippee!! You really need to educate yourself on the ACLU. See what they really stand for and who they really care about. Forget about the first website you run into that credits them with being the good guys. Go for the other ones that tell what they really do.
2007-01-23 19:12:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Very true I wish more Christians would realize that. It doesn't matter what the government does, what laws they enact, God is still sovereign with his own moral code and even if the government says something is okay, he is still the judge.
America is a temporal country with much wickedness, and having "God bless America" and such posted everywhere is like saying, "God bless Sodom, Nineveh and Babylon".......
2007-01-23 19:12:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
#1 Pledge-I could care less. If I want to say it,I'll say it. If you don't want to say it,don't say it. It's very simple.
#2 Money-The mention of a god on the dollar bill isn't the only religious symbol on there you know....
2007-01-23 19:07:57 · answer #8 · answered by Myaloo 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well you must look at it differently to understand better. No one said God wouldn't exist for one, but the country was founded on Christian beliefs like it or not. For the sake of history in itself what's the big deal? And for people who make a big deal out of it being there who cares it isn't going to stop a non religious person from not believing in God and it isn't supposed to. No one is trying to convert people with dollar bills....
2007-01-23 19:09:41 · answer #9 · answered by sweetnfoxychick 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Yeah it is a bit biased to have something like that on money. How would monotheists like it if the money said: "there is no God"? Or "In the Gods and Goddesses we trust", or what about "This is the Devil's Tool".
Maybe they should just change it to, "Money is the root of all evil".
2007-01-23 19:09:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋