Does it offend you we you see God bless American and In God we trust? If you why?
Is it more then you not believing in a higher power?
2007-02-22 02:35:15 · 23 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
On money, the "In God We Trust" was added over several years, in the Pledge of Allegiance, "Under God" was added in the 1950's. To me it is a sign that the United States is slipping into a more Christian identification than the founding fathers intended. Other than that I could care less.
2007-02-22 02:43:33 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 9⤊ 2⤋
Not especially, I mind "In God We Trust" a little more than "God Bless America", probably because I don't think it should be on our money.
I realize most Americans are believers, and the " God Bless America " is just an expression of hope for peace and prosperity.
I want those things, too. But I don't expect them to happen just by calling on an imaginary deity. It takes cooperation and hard work by dedicated people.
2007-02-22 10:47:36 · answer #2 · answered by Dawn G 6 · 6⤊ 1⤋
No doesnt bother me. I have my doubts about believe in a god, but that doesnt mean i will push my views on others. So when i see those things i think nothing of it, the people who have those stickers are just stating there beliefs. People shouldnt get so offended easily when it comes to these things. People all think differently and all believe in something different -
we shouldnt force each other to believe in the same thing!!!
WE ALL NEED AN OPEN MIND
2007-02-22 10:42:03 · answer #3 · answered by Kimberly R 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have no problem with things that are not government sponsored. The Pledge and the money is an unfair use of our tax dollars to promote a religion. They don't offend me per say, but the only fair thing to do is remove them.
In the 1950s we took a hard turn toward allowing government to do these things and the courts will remove it eventually. The US was NEVER meant to be Christian by the guys that founded it.
"God is an essence that we know nothing of. Until this awful blasphemy is got rid of, there never will be any liberal science in the world."
--John Adams - 2nd US President
"I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world, and do not find in our particular superstition (Christianity) one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology."
--Thomas Jefferson - 3rd US President
2007-02-22 10:42:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
No it doesn't bother me. Why, just last night I was at a basketball game at a catholic high school. It didn't bother me when they prayed either.
Incidentally, their prayer didn't help! Not only did they not win (Pius Popes rule!), but their prayer that everyone be safe wasn't answered either. One of our guys injured himself.
But I guess god works in mysterious ways, and apparently he had another plan for that boy - perhaps his being taken out gave someone else a chance to play, and that had a butterfly effect which caused us to sink a 3 pointer with 2 seconds remaining on the clock while our guy was being double-teamed on the sidelines.
Or perhaps it's just yet more evidence that prayer doesn't actually work because there is no god.
Congrats Pius!
2007-02-22 10:50:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I think it's inserting religion into the government. I don't believe any God blesses any country. I don't trust in any God. Inserting "under God" into the pledge of allegiance leaves me out.
Why would you want to include words about religion in secular government?
What makes you think that even theists interpret that word in the same way?
If you're Christian and believe that other people don't worship the same God as you do, does it offend you that they are trusting in the God of THEIR religion, not your religion?
Wouldn't it be better to just omit it altogether from the public proceedings and allow you to say it in your church where you assume you each basically mean exactly the same thing?
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2007-02-22 10:45:23 · answer #6 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
IT does not offend me, but I think that it is unfair to other people. There are more religions in this world than CHristinaity. Buddhists,for instance do not believe in a God either. I see no reason why God should be mentioned, or why he/she/it plays a role in the pledge, the currency, etc. Why can't this country be religion-neutral. To each his own!
2007-02-22 10:51:38 · answer #7 · answered by country_girl 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It offends me about as much as seeing Latin words on money and official buildings. The truth is I hardly notice.
There are, of course, people who enjoy being offended about such things since it gives them the opportunity to exercise righteous indignation, but I'm not among them.
The only thing that I find offensive is sloppy use of language.
2007-02-22 10:40:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Neither offend me.
I would prefer to get In God We Trust off our money, It is kind of a silly statement. But to be honest I really don't think much about it. There are much bigger fish to fry. Like reproductive rights and keeping religious nonsense out of our public schools.
2007-02-22 10:40:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
It bothers me, but doesn't offend me. These things are a clear violation of church and state. I'd like to see them removed, but I don't make a huge fuss out of it. If an opportunity comes to calmly voice my opinion that it needs to go away, I do, if not, generally I don't make an issue ofi t.
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I just now noticed the other part of your question -- no, atheism is not anything more than 'there are no deities by any name or kind'.
Atheism is just that one idea, nothing more, nothing less.
2007-02-22 10:38:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 3⤋