"One nation, under _____"?

Question

what are your stand points on removing "god" from public property and the pledge and money ect.?

the main reason we want it removed is because it unfairly influences children, not just atheists want it removed either, so do people who believe odin is the supreme god, so do muslims i think.

Answer 1

It has always been and will always be (in my opinion anyway), "One nation, under God."

Answer 2

The under God in the pledge was a late addition and not part of the original pledge. There is actually a very compelling religious reason to remove it. Some very religious people believe God's name is too holy to speak aloud, or even write. ( That's why some people write "G-d" in Y/A.)

It would be easy too remove it from paper money, as it is recycled frequently. We have all seen the new designs on our money within the last few years. The plates just need to leave the words left off.

Coins are More difficult, since they last a long time, but the newly minted ones could be made without it.

Answer 3

Separation of Church and State, that says it all.
EDIT: Granny Annie, My children have been given the choice of whether to believe or not, My son is atheist and is in college and very intelligent, my young daughter is leaning toward my Buddhist beliefs and she is a straight "A" student and plays soccer. Maybe if more money were being put toward education instead of war, kids would be doing better. "God" has nothing to do with it.
EDIT: Billy...Buddhism does not have a god. Buddha is not a god. Taoism also has no god, sorry to be argumentative, but it is true.

Answer 4

It does not say Christian interpretation of God. The word God is just an English translation of a word that deliberately means nothing because Yahweh May be Zeus, Jupiter or one of the thousands of names people have used when addressing an entity they have never completely comprehended. I the Christians would admit to the truth of the words above, no one would have a problem with God or any other meaningless word that fills a need.

Answer 5

I'm betting that God isn't too pleased with being on a dollar bill in the first place.

But no reference to a belief in God belongs on government things. It implies that the government backs a belief in a deity and that is against the Constitution.

Answer 6

the very next line says indivisible, and religion divides us like brick walls. It's then followed by "with liberty and justice for all" if we leave God in there we have to add "except homosexuals and muslims and athiests and wiccans and pagans and agnostics and christians who aren't real christians"

Answer 7

One Government

Answer 8

As an atheist, I am opposed to it but it's not very high on my agenda of things we should be concerned about. I'm more concerned about public funding going to Creationist museums, Fundamentalist incursions into the biology classroom, and the election of rapturists in the nuclear age.

Answer 9

It is unfortunate that there is a need to remove our government's references to "god"; we never should have allowed such nonsense to be inserted in the first place. It just shows how powerful and dangerous religion can be - that it can make such inroads into govt even when it is illegal.

Answer 10

to me in my humble opinion i think one nation indivisible holds more power then one nation under god or whatever name you want to throw in there as not everybody believes in god and some find the existence or nonexistence to be unknowable and some have a different religious view on god and whatnot and religious symbols and the words in god we trust shouldn't be on our currency as for the same reason i listed for the pledge of allegiance

Answer 11

I see the act of removing the word "god" from the pledge and money as being quite similar to attempting to change or rewrite history. Removing a word will not change people's beliefs. Also it will not change the way the courts rule. Christians, put your ten commandments wherever you want as long as it isn't my property. It won't cause me to follow these commandments any more than it does you (I know damn well you break them constantly).

When I see "In God We Trust" on a bill or coin, it only reminds me that money is god and god is money.

"God" is just a word. It only has as much meaning as you give it. Atheists need to shut up about removing the word "God" from everywhere and instead concentrate on removing the belief in this false god from people's minds.