I was at the store and I noticed that God was blacked out on my ten dollar bill and I know it had to have been an Atheist! What the hell is a matter with you people! If you don't like seeing god on money then get out! This is terrorism! Who else agree's? Why would anyone black out God on money? Yahoo Atheists you don't do this do you?
2007-09-07 07:03:06 · 51 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Amen sister.
I'm a Muslim that would not do that. Plus, it's illegal.
2007-09-07 07:06:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 8⤋
The motto of "In God We Trust" wasn't originally on US money. It started to appear on some coins as early as 1863 but didn't become the motto that it is today until July 30, 1956. If you know your history you'll recognize this period in our history that we were engaged in a Cold War with the Russians.
Russia at the time had a communist government which had no religion and this scared a lot of people. Religion started to become more and more en-grained in US culture to the point that if you were an atheist or suspected of having any sort of sympathy for atheists or communists you were put on trial. This was fear mongering at it's best (or worst depending on how you look at it).
The United States while founded by men that ranged from orthodox Christians to atheists, declared that the USA is not founded in any way on the christian religion. It is a secular system.
The first amendment to OUR constitution states that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"
This in and of itself makes it an abomination that go should be anywhere in our government....even the US Treasury. This protection is for atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Muslims EVERYONE. Imagine if we had a Muslim government. You'd be pretty screwed wouldn't you? Imagine if we had a christian government. You'd be fine with everyone else would suffer. That is not in the spirit of our country and that is why our Founding Fathers regardless of their own personal beliefs founded a SECULAR government so that EVERYONE would be entitled to religious protection and freedoms.
Scratching out In God We Trust is protected in our first amendment rights under freedom of speech. It is not terrorism, you are not a victim. Christians get better treatment in this country than any other group.
2007-09-07 07:20:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Atheists are not terrorists, and by saying so you show how truly hateful, ignorant, and bigoted you are. How VERY Christian of you!!!
It was defacing money, not an act of terrorism---anyone with a single grain of intelligence can tell you that.
And besides....
A. You don't KNOW it was an Atheist; Jewish people also sometimes find it offensive to see the word God used for shallow purposes (like money).
B. Who said God WANTS to be represented on something as corrupted and evil as money can be?
C. I belive in God, but I also believe in seperating church and state.
Atheist terrorism...ridiculous. So if that is Atheist terrorism, can we count this question as Christian terrorism?
2007-09-07 07:13:12 · answer #3 · answered by Calliope 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
'What the hell is a matter'? Perhaps you meant 'the' matter?
'If you don't like seeing god on money then get out'? Out of what? Why bother 'getting out' when it's simpler to black out the word?
'This is terrorism!' Um, not so much really. Time for remedial English lessons.
P.S. 'God' wasn't blocked out on your ten dollar bill, the WORD 'God' was blacked out. If you can't tell the difference, you've got a lot more problems than finding defaced bills.
2007-09-07 07:10:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Terrorism? Seriously? Marking out three letters frightens you? Why would anyone want to associate divinity with money? Crass cash is the LAST thing I'd EVER want connected to God.
I've noticed that the "God" motto was added about the time the gold and silver standards were dropped. Perhaps they just dropped an "L" and hoped people would assume God backs the value of the money. I find this rather blasphemous and cynical myself. Don't you?
2007-09-07 07:13:15 · answer #5 · answered by skepsis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow. With all of the bloodshed in the world, IED's, explosions, hikackings, beheadings, drills into kneecaps and foreheads, sabatoge... REAL terrorism, you really have a loose definition. I think you need to read the papers more and try to adopt more of a world-view if a black mark over the word GOD on a dollar is tantamount to terrorism in your mind! Try telling the 9-11 widows about your encounter with "terrorism."
And if you find that insignificance to be persecution, then you need to spend some time on the missions field in areas of the world where Christians really ARE persecuted!
2007-09-07 07:11:47 · answer #6 · answered by lizardmama 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Thank you for demonstrating that hyperbole, hysteria and histrionics are a major portion of the make-up of a religious mind. If that is terrorism then what was 9/11 - Armageddon?
The most ridiculous thing about it all is that 'god' was ever printed on money in the first place. According to the bible, god the father doesn't particularly like the stuff, and jesus pretty much despised it, or at least the effects of it.
Not only is putting 'god' on money an insult to the constitution, it is a slap in the face to your 'god'.
2007-09-07 07:07:23 · answer #7 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I do NOT agree. This is a Democracy... NOT a Theocracy! And please take a look at your money... it has PAGAN symbols on it. The Egyptian Pyramid with the Eye above it is for Ra (and is handed down through Freemasonry). So, to which God do you think your money is referring to? And don't you find it odd that in the Bible it says "The love of money is the root of all evil" and here you are crying over money just because the word God was scratched out.
If that is terrorism, then you must be one of those people that thinks if someone says something against your religion in general that it must be persecution. *Sigh* Please tell me you're a troll...
2007-09-07 07:15:46 · answer #8 · answered by River 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not terrorism. Not even close, you should look up the definition.
I don't understand why the Americans put the word 'god' on their anyhow. I know it was done until the 50's,, 1950's that is.
But why, I never could figure out. If someone wants to remove it, go ahead. What the heck...
2007-09-07 07:13:31 · answer #9 · answered by Sapere Aude 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm, well consider that the word "god" was added to the money only in the last hundred years, in a country founded on secularism and that is supposed to separate church and state. Just relax. Now that you mention it, though, I AM going to start blacking out the word god on my money. There is no reason I should have to put up with the theism that those of you like to impose on the rest of us.
2007-09-07 07:10:03 · answer #10 · answered by daisy mcpoo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Come on. Terrorism? Really?
Frankly, I don't trust your god. I'm having a hard time eliciting sympathy for your overreaction.
P.S. I had a few fives and some ones. I just blacked out the word God on them. God it felt good!
2007-09-07 07:19:46 · answer #11 · answered by Lillith 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋