1 of my contacts claims 2 b an atheist. I have a question for all who choose 2 answer. athiest or otherwise. every time a penny crosses the palm of your hand it says in God we Trust, How can you spend currency?, if u do not believe.? also do u believe all u see none of what u heard? do u believe in u?
2007-09-10 07:24:40 · 37 answers · asked by nunya 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because we atheists are not superstitious and do not believe in gods. So, just because it says that on the money...it's still just money...not a holy relic or anything.
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2007-09-10 07:29:52 · answer #1 · answered by AuroraDawn 7 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Why do people think that not believing in deities is the same as believing in nothing? We simply see no evidence for this god of yours.
As for coins and currency, what choice does anyone have? And why would anything written on them keep me from using it? Do you not say "Thursday" because it's a reference to Thor?
The Founding Fathers would flip if they knew we put "In God We Trust" on our money (it didn't start until the Civil War, with coins, and in the 1950s with currency), but that's another story.
2007-09-10 07:30:24 · answer #2 · answered by Cap'n Zeemboo 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
As a Christian you obviously trust in God - so should the vast majority of the world look on you as something worthless and to have nothing to do with?
Why - oh why do people ask questions like this?
But since government issue the currency interestingly using relgion in the money is surely against the constitution!!!!
2007-09-10 07:34:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Okay ... we spend currency with "In God We Trust" printed on them because we don't REALLY have a choice in that matter. (If we were to scrape off this statement from all our money - would you feel better about it?? ...then we'd probably get in trouble for de-facing US currency).
Just because it has some words written across it does not mean I believe in it by using it. Just as I'm allowed to use "curse words or profanity" which refer to "god" or "jesus" or any other religious figure (I could say "...sweet bhuddah's left nut" instead of "oh my god" .... but to what effect does that REALLY have on the meaning of my statement??).
I wasn't the one who put those words on my money ... and I also support removing those words (just as I support removing "under god" from the current pledge of allegiance)
2007-09-10 07:34:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
What? Why would "In God We Trust" affect how I spend money? I pay people, I get change back, and shove it in my pockets where I won't see it again until I do the laundry.
It's just a meaningless quote that was stuck on our currency when everybody was afraid of the "Godless Soviets."
I rely on my five senses and my own brain; they may not be the best indicator of truth, but it's better than taking wild guesses.
2007-09-10 07:30:20 · answer #5 · answered by Rin 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
... money is money no matter what is written on it. It still spends the same way. Money is about its usefulness not about the pictures on it. And btw.. that only happens to americans. None of the rest of us are that arrogant. The rest of the world don't put such ridiculous things on our money.
Just so you know... that phrase was added against the Constitution in the 50's during the Cold War. Its actually illegal.
2007-09-10 07:33:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I believe in God I have a good point to add. People who
go through addictive treatments are taught to put their
live in the hand of a higher power whatever it might be. It
seems to work so whats not to believe.
2007-09-10 14:46:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Like someone else said, read the history behind the eye in the pyramid on the dollar bill and the "in god we trust " on the penny. It has nothing to do with Christianity.
2007-09-10 07:30:25 · answer #8 · answered by kathy s 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure how to answer your last three questions, because I can't understand what you're asking, but to answer your first question:
I don't like what it says on the coins (added I believe during the "red scare" in the fifties), but that doesn't mean I'll stop using money.
I don't particularly like the churches littering the sides of the roads where I drive, but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop using the highways.
2007-09-10 07:31:06 · answer #9 · answered by fredanderssen 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
As an atheist, I spend money with "God We Trust" on it for the same reason I say "God bless you" when someone sneezes... it's a bad habit
EDIT
How would feel if Muhammed was on the $20 bill? Would you still use it to buy food? (don't laugh - it could happen)
2007-09-10 07:30:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
I am going to roll around and wallow in the irony of the equation of god and money.
Beautiful. Thank you.
As I don't worship money, I have no problem spending it on necessities. It wouldn't bother me to spend money, no matter what the picture on it was.
Now that I think about it though, I guess money has become our new form of god, especially in America.
I am not even going to dignify the rest of your drivel with a response.
2007-09-10 07:34:47 · answer #11 · answered by HooliganGrrl 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋