Should atheists demand that the Liberty Bell be removed?
2007-10-26 11:02:32 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In God we trust is imprinted on the liberty bell for those of you who don't understand. ;-)
2007-10-26 11:09:46 · update #1
And your reasoning is...
Looked up Wiki for the inscription on it, doesn't even say anything in reference to religion...
Edit: Look, I don't even mind if OLD historical plaques or sets of commandments are kept some places if they are that old. Just don't go adding new ones all over the place.
2007-10-26 11:07:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 0⤋
What does it matter? Why would you want to do that?
So you're an atheist. So what? There are so many significant things one can do in our society. If you have the time, and don't need to earn money to support yourself, then volunteer for some worth while organization, some potentially, meaningful productive cause.
What would it really mean, were you to undertake such an enterprise, and were successfull in having the phrase "in God we trust" removed from the Liberty Bell. Then what?
So my answer to your question is a resounding No. Apply your energies to a project that would have real meaning to its accomplish.
A questioning of purpose,
Wotan
2007-10-26 19:13:13 · answer #2 · answered by Alberich 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jennifer W just does not have her facts right. The bell does not have In God We Trust on it at all, only a portion of Leviticus relating to liberty.
2007-10-26 18:17:05 · answer #3 · answered by Tony AM 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, for the same reasons Greek atheists should not rally to have their ancient temples removed, it is part of history.
The bell reads-
Leviticus 25:10 "And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family."
The inscription was intended to mark the 50th anniversary of William Penn's Charter of Privileges of 1701.
2007-10-26 18:09:08 · answer #4 · answered by Earl Grey 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The quote from Leviticus is only a partial quote about "liberty".
That quote is easily obtained from from Bartlett's Book of Common Quotes which Kurt Vonnegut (the Mark Twain of our modern era), an outspoken anti-religious advocate, refers to as the Atheist Bible (Hocus Pocus, 2001).
2007-10-27 17:25:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The liberty bell doesn't have, "In God We Trust," on it.
2007-10-26 18:15:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
liberty bell ... a symbol... religions always seek to claim responsibility for all good earthly symbols... I would presume you would ask such a question as there is a religious story involved with it... it would be better to find out the original story behind it.. for religions never seek freedom.. so there must be a non religious meaning... two ways religions take over... by burying information against them... and taking over credit for long enduring symbols.... good thing we have the hippies associated with the peace sign I'm sure they are looking forward to somehow claim that one.....
2007-10-26 18:10:17 · answer #7 · answered by Gyspy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.. just like we shouldn't remove books on Greek mythology from the library. Problems only arise when people try to change the country into a theocracy, or find some other ways of forcing their beliefs on others.
2007-10-26 18:14:17 · answer #8 · answered by khard 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey the liberty bell is not all it's cracked up to be.
No.
Lifting a relevant piece of text from a book that happens to be the bible is not a problem for me.
If it said "Bow down before the great God Yahweh" Then that might be different.
Edit:
And where on the bell does it say "In God we trust" ? Unless someone has chiseled that on recently my understanding is that it has a partial quote from Leviticus.
http://www.libertybellmuseum.com/faqs.htm#inscribe
http://www.nps.gov/archive/inde/liberty-bell.html
http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501-s%26va%3Dliberty%2Bbell%26sz%3Dall&w=480&h=640&imgurl=i1.trekearth.com%2Fphotos%2F6745%2Fliberty_bell_pavilion.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.trekearth.com%2Fgallery%2FNorth_America%2FUnited_States%2Fphoto61183.htm&size=113.8kB&name=liberty_bell_pavilion.jpg&p=liberty+bell&type=jpeg&no=8&tt=30,364&oid=09ae80447204393c&ei=ISO-8859-1
I think you need to check your facts.
2007-10-26 18:09:58 · answer #9 · answered by Simon T 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
of course not. why? its a liberty bell...our founding fathers...who were mostly atheists rang that thing.
it does NOT say in god we trust anywhere on the bell!!!
2007-10-26 18:10:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋