are you atheists gonna complain about the religious statements on money?

Question

Im not one of those overly religious people, infact I am not very religious to begin for various reasons so dont confuse me with the christians trying to convert you. But anyway, do the religious statements on money bother you(Check on bills and coins and youll see what I mean)? Just wanted to know.

Im catholic actually but yeah, I was just wondering how you guys felt about it cause Im pretty sure the christians are happy with it.

Answer 1

Change it to "In Gods We Trust" I wonder how the Christians would feel about that one... I'm sure it would be vaguely similar to how Atheists feel about "In God We Trust"

Answer 2

How would christians feel if we had a motto on our money that said, "Gods Are Fake," or some such thing? It's unconstitutional for our government to do anything that endorses religion. As an atheist, I would not support the motto "Gods Are Fake." Our national motto is "E Pluribus Unum" (From Many, One), and should be back on our money, or, at the very least, the religious motto should be removed.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Money is for saving and spending so really either way I know I wouldn't be worried about a messaged printed on coins and paper bills.

Answer 5

"Check on bills and coins and you'll see what I mean"
That cracks me up...I'm wondering if you think you re the first to notice.
Anyway as an agnostic it bothers me as another example of religion pushing its way into something it should not. Yet in an ironic way I find it rather ironic that a group of "God fearin' lovin folks" thought they needed a way to bless money. To me its pathetic so it really doesn't bother me.

Answer 6

Yes. The reason it does bother me is because "in god we trust" is often cited as proof that we are living in a Christian nation, when in fact the phrase was not added to our money until well after the founding of the country.

Answer 7

I find it a bit curious and funny the the anti-G-d or anti-religion folks are so concerned with the printing of "In G-d We Trust", while the Christian/fundamentalist folks are equally concerned about the so-called pagan, satanic, Masonic, etc symbols like the pyramid and all-seeing eye.

After all, it's only money.

If we could harness all that energy and use it for being kind to our neighbors, tolerant of those with different beliefs, and living in the present moment without do much fear of things not familiar to us, wow, just think of the possibilities....

Answer 8

If it comes to it, I don't think it ought to be there. It was put there to appease someone who wanted to impose their deity on the rest of us.
But it is a small matter, so it doesn't bother me very much.
But perhaps it should; we've all heard of the camels nose under the tent.

Answer 9

I can't imagine complaining about the religious statements on money, myself, but I'm certain that someone will get hot under the collar about it.

I don't complain about the Masonic symbols on money, either.

Answer 10

government choice to print any such statements . govenment make a show publicaly of christians .any statements of a religious nature printed on bank notes are put there for you to have " trust " in the country or rather to point the users thought process in that direction.
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