What IS the sound of one hand clapping, anyway?
2007-12-09 19:15:26 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, it would be removing 'Church' from 'State'.
[to Trina] I understand your point. I am only pointing out the contradition. The Government controls the currency, but the wealth is held by the banks.
How is the Federal Reserve System structured?
The Federal Reserve System has a structure designed by Congress to give it a broad perspective on the economy and on economic activity in all parts of the nation. It is a federal system, composed basically of a central, governmental agency--the Board of Governors--in Washington, D.C., and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks, located in major cities throughout the nation. These components share responsibility for supervising and regulating certain financial institutions and activities; for providing banking services to depository institutions and to the federal government; and for ensuring that consumers receive adequate information and fair treatment in their business with the banking system.
A major component of the System is the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), which is made up of the members of the Board of Governors, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and presidents of four other Federal Reserve Banks, who serve on a rotating basis. The FOMC oversees open market operations, which is the main tool used by the Federal Reserve to influence money market conditions and the growth of money and credit.
2007-12-09 19:19:00 · answer #1 · answered by Gee Whizdom™ 5 · 10⤊ 4⤋
The sound of one hand clapping is as it meets the side of someone's head.
Perhaps you need to understand WHERE IN god we Trust comes from. IT was a reactionary motion of the McCarthy Era, during the "Red Scare" when mistakenly A. believed that communism equaled atheism and B. thought communisim was going to take over the world.
Basically, it was akin to the witchhunts of the 1700s, but while no one was burned or hung for it, many in the U.S. lost their jobs, homes, even were jailed for supposedly being communists or communist sympathizers.
Money created pre 1950s NEVER said "In God We Trust"- so are you next going to accuse the founding fathers of promoting atheism when they created american currency designs???
2007-12-10 14:26:21 · answer #2 · answered by Cheese Fairy - Mummified 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How can you replace something with NOTHING? it doesn't make sense. trust me, an atheist would know about the semantics of nothing. after all, its not a lack of belief, but a belief in nothing.
I don't have a problem with the slogan, but i wouldn't mind seeing it removed either. mainly because it tends to cause problems with silly things like this, or people wanting it to be THEIR god and not someone else's because (and the irony being that most religions practicing in the States actually believe in the same god) that would be ridiculous, and just plain wrong! Unamerican!
I can't help you hear one hand clap via text on a screen, but if your hand, or that of anyone you know. is in working order then it should be able to bend in on itself hard enough for your fingers to hit your palm and make a clapping noise. crazy huh?
2007-12-09 19:28:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why would God want his name on money? The sound of one hand clapping is like the same as God creating the world.
2007-12-09 19:24:10 · answer #4 · answered by Bobby K 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. More of a "lukewarm-agnostic-pseudoshakey- noncommittal" vagueness. Endorsement of atheism would require either "We trust in no gods", "In no gods, we trust" or simply "No gods" as replacement slogans.
One hand claps quieter than crickets.
2007-12-10 14:14:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As a German, I can assure you that we never had any sort of religious statement on our currencies, be it the German Mark or the Euro, and nobody is missing anything. Everyone pays with the same money bills and everyone can follow his religious beliefs or absence of such.
2007-12-10 20:09:47 · answer #6 · answered by NaturalBornKieler 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't "In God We Trust" an endorsement of Christianity, despite the supposed religious equality in US?
Which brings up another question, doesn't "In God We Trust" violate the separation of church and state?
2007-12-09 19:24:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Technically, as atheism is not a religion in itself but merely a philosophical POV, supporting atheism isn't unconstitutional.
Ironically though, how it is at the moment, the "In God we trust" motto, IS unconstitutional and illegal.
2007-12-09 22:26:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It would do just as the constitution demands: it simply fails to establish a religion.
Failing to do something is not the same thing as doing it's opposite. Failing to park endorse a Democrat is not the same thing as endorsing a Republican. It's remaining neutral.
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2007-12-10 14:04:54 · answer #9 · answered by NHBaritone 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, it is on our money because it is our national motto. But in reality our de facto national matto was E pluribus unum until 1956. It should go back to what our for fathers wanted it to be.
2007-12-09 19:24:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋