Did putting "In God We Trust" on US currency win the cold war?

Answer 1

No, and it has destroyed the morals of our country. The U.S. was much better off in 1954 BEFORE it was put on our currency.

Answer 2

Makes you think it has some intrinsic value. It's called "fiat currency" ... doesnt even have all the elements to make it considered a legal promissory note. The Federal Reserve is not a federal entity ... it's a privately held corporation that has stolen trillions upon trillions of dollars from the people of the US. Basically connecting the trash paper with the fictional boogeyman in the sky is supposed to lend it some added credibility. Whereas anyone who knows the facts of either the US currency/banking system or the xians favorite cult classic ( aka: bible ). Know how much value either of these things have in reality. Though would definitely say the most powerful god on earth is >$. Been that way for a long, longggggg time. People were worshiping $, long before the xian cult religion was a glimper in some ancient zealots eyes.

Answer 3

No. Reagan's tactic of producing more and more nuclear weapons did. The Russian economy collapsed under the strain of the spending necessary to keep pace in the arm's race. Putting "In God We Trust" on money served two other purposes. First, it further separated us from one another on a long-term basis. Atheists are gaining in number, and we are getting a bit tired of having other religions shoved down our throats. The second, and most important, thing it did was to show the outside world that Americans are basically money-worshippers. It's funny, because if I was a Christian (or believed in any god for that matter), that phrase being on everyday money would offend more than just about anything. But I guess they are willing to literally sell their religion; god would be proud. I'm glad I don't believe in one.

Answer 4

There were no winners in the cold war!
"In God We Trust" is the current national motto of the United States. It was declared as such by an act of Congress in 1956. Though some believe that this Act displaced the existing national motto, E Pluribus Unum, the Congressional Record version of the legislation stated: "At the present time the United States has no national motto. The committee deems it most appropriate that 'In God we trust' be so designated as our national motto."[1]

E Pluribus Unum was, in fact, a motto that was one of three voted and approved for the national seal in 1782, but it was never voted, by any legislative act, as "the national motto."

One possible origin of the national motto is the final stanza of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key (and later adopted as the U.S. National Anthem), the song contains one of the earliest references to a variation of the phrase: "...And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."

In God We Trust is also the official state motto of the state of Florida, and is found on the Seal of Florida. In God We Trust is also found on the flag of Georgia, as adopted by that state in 2003.

Answer 5

Nah. That was just to pacify the people of the time (when it was added - to coins first in the 1800's).

The history of In God We Trust is here:
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml

Answer 6

Personally, I think it was the "Novus Ordo Seclorum" that did the trick.

Then again, it could just as easily have been "this note is legal tender for all debts public and private".

What do you think we should put on our currency in order to win the War on Terror?

Answer 7

The more relevant question is whether or not taking it off of currency would cause us to lose the Cold War.

Whoops. Moot point now.

Answer 8

It didn't loose it either.
Did asking rhetorical questions win the cold war?

Answer 9

No, but I heard new currency was being produced w/o that phrase. Maybe I'm just hallucinating but I hope not.

Answer 10

Haha, no. The USSR's own corruption is what cost them the Cold War.