Answer:
In 1954, Congress passed a law requiring that In God We Trust be placed on all U.S. coins and currency. Prior to this action, the phrase had appeared only on some coins but not on dollar bills and paper currency. The first dollars bearing the religious motto were printed in October 1957. In 1956, Congress changed the national motto from E Pluribus Unum ("out of many, one," which still appears on the presidential seal) to In God We Trust. Original coins did not bear this motto. The first coin to bear the phrase was issued in 1864 at the request of the Baptist minister Mark R. Watkinson who suggested the addition would "relieve us from the ignominy of heathenism." Gradually the religious phrase was added to other coins, although President Theodore Roosevelt officially objected to the practice, regarding it as sacrilegious.
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml
2007-04-05 12:16:10 · 13 answers · asked by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Founding Fathers put it on our money with their dying breath, in 1954, when they were 193 years old. Don't you read your history books?
2007-04-05 12:20:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 14⤊ 1⤋
Actually, we haven't been a Christian nation since the Senate ratified the Treaty of Tripoli in June 10, 1797.
Article 11
As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Mussulmen; and, as the said States never entered into any war, or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
Some people suggest that Article 11 did not appear in the Arabic version, but it is moot, since this is the version ratified by the Senate.
2007-04-05 19:43:41 · answer #2 · answered by novangelis 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
gor: America, like Canada have never been ALL "Christian nations" - this is a supposition which history proves to the contrary. It is our prosperity which causes us all to be "wise in our own, conceit". One thing you can be sure of is the fact that $ is in it self, a god which 99% of the nation worships, in spite of "In God we trust" being inscribed, thereon ! It should read: "In this god we trust" !
2007-04-05 19:24:54 · answer #3 · answered by guraqt2me 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So if we just returned all US dollars to the mint and used something else like the Euro that should solve the problem.
Edit to above:
So you think it was a Hindu plot?
Nice to see my thumb downer fan is online
2007-04-05 19:21:17 · answer #4 · answered by U-98 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It was first placed on the 2-cent piece during the civil war. Ironic, huh?
2007-04-05 19:21:59 · answer #5 · answered by thezaylady 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I didn't know this. I hope they take it off, seeing that now not everyone is a christian and it is pointless.
2007-04-05 19:21:53 · answer #6 · answered by Blackbird 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
America is a nation of people, not religion.
2007-04-05 19:20:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 0⤋
it probably had nothing to do with christianity ... since our money is totally fiat and nothing backs it up ... it was probably considered a way to get people to value it more since the majority of the country has some form of belief in God ... christians didnt do it so quit belly-aching ...
2007-04-05 19:21:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
Interesting, thx!
2007-04-05 19:20:06 · answer #9 · answered by Nocine 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
** Slap in the face... Stop Staring at avatars!!!
What is it you wanted to know?
2007-04-05 19:22:36 · answer #10 · answered by Caveman 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋