If the US government is based on freedom from religion, why do we have "In God we trust" on our money?

Question

even if it was added during the cold war....so? And yes putting God invokes religion, especially Judeo-Christian doctrines..what if I'm an American who believes in Allah, Zeus, Ra or even worse..Nobody? Why aren't they on there too?

Answer 1

The slogan was placed there during the Cold War.

Answer 2

It is not based on Freedom FROM Religion but Freedom OF Religion. Big difference, it is not saying it rejects religion but a religion enforced by the state.

Secondly In God We Trust was place on the money in the Civil War (1861), thought with no nation can be strong to stand a Civil War and unify without God. So in God we trust came then.

What came during the Cold War (1954) was the phrase "one nation under God" in the pledge of allegiance. It was added to highlight differences between us and the USSR which was officially Atheist.

Allah is God. Zeus, and Ra are also god , so it would not bother you.

If you believe in nothing it still should not bother, what does it matter what it says on money. Doesn;t your life have enough other concerns then to worry about a motto?

Answer 3

Because of what the founders knew well, why we need a constitution: The moment we drop our guards, the politicians would start subverting it.

"In God we trust" was not put on any of our money until 1864, and wasn't made mandatory until the 1950s. It is a clear violation of the establishment clause of the 1st Amendment--clear, that is, to all who aren't blinded by their religion.

Two questions for those who say that the U.S. doesn't have freedom FROM religion:

1. What do you say to those of us who don't believe in any religion? Do we have fewer rights than you? Are we somehow not as American as you?

2. If you are (say) Christian, are you not free from Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and all the rest of them? How on earth is it possible to have freedom OF religion without having freedom FROM religion?

Answer 4

It's freedom "of" religion not "from" religion. All people in this country are supposed to be free to practice their religion in whatever way they see fit. the problems arise when you have a very evangelical religion that believes to practice their religion that they need to convert others and have laws passed that reflect their personal religion's moral code. This is how we ended up with "in God we Trust" on our coins and "under God " added as a late amendment to our pledge of allegiance. The really sad part is when People try to get the words "under God" removed from the pledge, many religious fanatics are so ignorant that they think we are trying to modify the ORIGINAL pledge of allegiance . Freedom and democracy do not necessarily go hand in hand. a majority vote can always spell doom for a minority opinion. weather that opinion is that Africans should not be enslaved , or that our currency should be religion neutral

Answer 5

enable's say you have a pal who's an atheist. His "faith" is atheism. yet no remember what, each morning, he has to declare "one u . s . a . below God", isn't that going against his faith? can not the U.S. replace it? ok.. end spectacular there.. FIRST.. being an atheist myself i've got not got a faith, this is the whole definition of ATHEIST "without god" ok? so now it is not a faith that's "faith-unfastened minded". ok? good Now as to the "one u . s . a . below god' i've got no longer mentioned that for the reason that i become in kindergarten.. that as far as I realize it is not required anymore, and whether that's.. it almost definitely should not be required. Now as to the "in god we have confidence" on money.. this is with the help of the CIVIL conflict the U. S. is rather plenty a self delusion u . s . a . crammed with christian fundentalists, that have motivated (whether they are able to't rigidity IT) directly to the populous the training of the bible onto the government.. this would properly be a manner that I for one very plenty wish is going to be in reversal in the VERY close to destiny. the U. S. helps freedom of speech and however the whole theory that those that got here around that "based" the country (it become a small colony persons!!) have been difficult center christians that something of the country ought to take that as its style.. a idiotic way of drawing near 2 hundred plus years of progression suggesting all of us ought to think of like 1700's puritian tightwads.. those being a similar those that burned harmless human beings after having discovered them to be "witches".. yeah.. spectacular. SO there that's. till the U. S. ultimately turns into extra like Europe (espeically like scandanavia) with a extra ATHEIST commencing place, then we are using proceed in this undesirable path of underlining christian fundementalism which will ultimately conflict with the middle east muslims purely to create yet another wave of "crusades" and teach something of the international how backward the U. S. relatively is.

Answer 6

Those who established our country were practicing freedom to worship apart from a government-established church. The king and the church of England were joined. In the New World, people were free to worship without the government harassing them. Our nation was founded by men (yeah, it's not P.C., but true) who did believe in an actual "Creator" who "endowed" us with certain liberties. Acknowledging the Creator / God is part of our national history that has shaped our personality and influenced our actions, from "Manifest Destiny" to abolition to WW1. The road has been bumpy and some communities have been intolerant, but being a god-recognizing nation has not made us an exclusively Christian country, but one that recognizes the right of others to practice their faith (or none at all).

Answer 7

It isn't based on freedom from religion. It is based on the notion that the gvt will not have a state sanctioned official religion and that gvt will not persecute religion. The early founders saw how the churches had incredible power in Europe and didn't want that to happen here. They didnt want persecution based on what religion you were. This didnt mean they wanted to deny Gods existance either. They started the writing of the Constitution every day with a prayer. What there needs to be is balance and respect.

Answer 8

In God We Trust is the motto that has appeared on most issues of U.S. coins since about 1864. Its use on coins stems from the rise of religious sentiment during the CIVIL WAR, which led many devout persons to urge that God be recognized on American coins. Accordingly, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase asked the director of the mint at Philadelphia to have prepared a suitable device expressing this national recognition. Several other mottos were suggested—among them, "God Our Trust" and "God and Our Country." The use of "In God We Trust" is not required by law.

Answer 9

We are guaranteed Freedon OF Religion in the constitution but the fact of the matter is that the Jesus Freaks have a more powerful lobby that do those of us who know that the entire premise of Christianity is a load of donkey kong that has been used for two thousand years to torture and kill women, Jews, Islamic people and anyone else who had the potential to throw a monkey-wrench into the gears of Christian Acquisition. Most of the rich and powerful Jesus freaks themselves are either athiest or agnostic, they just love money and power and are amoralistic enough to tell any lie to anyone at any time to get what they want.

Our money is dirty. How come I never get one of those bills that's supposedly coated with cocaine? I hate Pat Robertson and I hope he falls into a vat of birdie doody.

Answer 10

Because of an increase in religious sentiment during the Civil War.

Answer 11

Because recognition of the objective reality of the existence of God has nothing to do with any religion. Religions are simply the various ways of relating to God. Every person is still free to relate to God any way they wish - including denying the reality.
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