People who believe in God, will you purchase/use the new $1 coin?

Question

yesterday i learned that the new $1 coins (over 300 million are to go into circulation) were missing the words "In God We Trust".
'The new George Washington $1.00 coin is the first money ever issued by the USA in modern history without the words "In God We Trust".
By omitting these words, our politically correct, secularist leaders made a conscientious decision that either; 1) God does not exist, or 2) that God exists, but can no longer be trusted. I am personally offended and fed up with the denigration of God and Christianity in my country.' (Norman Sharp)
I too feel that 'George Washington would never have agreed to his picture on the coin if it any way diminished faith in God', as that freedom of religion is one the major factors that he fought for.
I will also not be purchasing, using or accepting these coins. when i receive one i will gladly return it and ask for a dollar bill instead, and tell why i won't accept it.
how about you?

ok--so it's printed in teeny tiny lettering on the side. i stand corrected.
render unto Ceaser what is Ceaser's was fine back in the day of Ceaser.
and YES God does not have use for money but we do. it pays the bills and puts food on the table and clothes on ones back.
i also agree that there are more serious issues going on in the world besides what is printed on a coin. the coin issue is just a matter of opinion. and we all have one.
and i am seriously involved with environmental issues, and proverty solving, and cruelty prevention.

Answer 1

Most of the wording on the new $1.00 coin are on the edge to keep the face of the coin uncluttered, and you are wrong about the words IN GOD WE TRUST being on coins throughout the history of U.S. coinage. IN GOD WE TRUST was not put on coins until 1864 and the first coin to bear that motto was the U.S. 2 cent piece during the time of the Civil War. To the person who gave me a thumbs down, why don't you look it up on the internet, it's there, some people are clueless aren't they?

Answer 2

If that is indeed true, all it means is that no statement is made on the matter. (How can an absence of words "diminish faith in God"? Is your faith that weak?)

Why are you offended by official neutrality? If the new coins read "We do not trust God" or "There is no god," then you would be right to be offended. But think of those of us who have to use money that proclains trust in a being that we believe to be imaginary. Why don't *we* count? (Do not answer that the USA is a "Christian nation." Our *republic*--not a pure democracy--is supposed to respect minorities. Would you call the USA a "white nation" because white people are the majority?)

There is no movement to purge religion from American society. There is *only* a movement to keep religion out of government. Christians have had it so easy for so long that when they have their unconstitutional special privileges taken away, they cry "Persecution!"

Answer 3

Its so ignorant that you would say that they made a decision that god does not exist or that he cannot be trusted. I don't think you get it.

Your nation is NOT just made up of Christians. There is a little something called the Constitution of the United States that separates state and religion.

"In god we trust" was added in the 1950's during the Cold War. Its against the Constitution since the Constitution supports separation.

This is not about god, its about the freedom for ALL people, not just freedom for only Christians.

Get used to it. The Christians are no longer the majority and shouldn't be ruling everything with their propaganda.

Answer 4

Actually, according to the US Mint web site, the "In God We Trust" is still included on the coin. Check it out. You can even get a 3D preview of the coin design, including the edge inscriptions.

Looks like much ado about nothing.

Answer 5

$1 coins really are not a symbol of our belief in God. He's still here, all around us. Dollar coins have never been a big hit in the USA anyway. Nobody can keep them in their wallet. They might get saved or added to a coin collection.

May God Bless you.

Answer 6

Youre just resisting the inevitable. This country is doomed to be like any other country or empire, they get big, they get fat, and then they slide downhill morally and reject God and then eventually fall. Besides, acknowledging God doesnt get anybody to heaven, having faith in them does! I would be more impressed if they had Bible verses on money but its ok. They are accountable to God for what they do and I am content to live in a country that has freedom of religion and says "no comment" when it comes to God.

Its nothing Im proud of but I am more proud of Christ who has saved me than anything physical in this life.

Answer 7

I don't think they made any decisions about God. I think they're just pandering to the new American culture. That would be the one that has loaded our TV schedule with so much sex that at our house we only use it watch basketball and rental movies, usually oldies. It's the same culture that sells our children video games, in which they kill over and over, but we wonder why they don't value life. Don't get me started .... :-)

They put the words "In God We Trust" on the edge of the coin, where you might need a magnifying glass to find them, and where they will wear off quickly. Those who say render unto Caesar are right, though. Money is not of God.

God bless.
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Answer 8

The US Mint copied the successful British 1 pound coin making it gold in color and printing words around the edge but its doomed to fail again. Maybe if they replaced the picture of George Washington with the figure of Jesus to commemorate the discovery of his bones the words 'In God we trust' would have more relevance on the side and it would be a smash hit. Why do they limit the figures to dead presidents, lets have scientists people like Einstein, poets, musicians great american figures

Answer 9

With war, poverty, famine, people getting killed in natural disasters like tornadoes, extreme blizzards and flooding all you can focus on is that the words In God We Trust has been taken off a coin? I hate to tell you, but the United States is a SECULAR nation not a theistic one. We have no official religion.

I think far more bad goes on in this world that needs our attention. Somehow, if your deity does exist, I think it would have more important things to worry about too than that.

Answer 10

As a canadian, I have been using the loonie and toonie for years. As far as I know, there isn't any religious statements printed on canadian money. Now they are talking about doing away with the penny because the copper in it is worth more than one cent and they are losing money. God does not need money, it is an invention of man.