Kasz216 said:
TheRealMafoo said:
Craan said:
TheRealMafoo said: I think the reason, is paper money is worthless. In the old days, what you had in your hand had intrinsic value. If you had a 20 dollar coin, the coin had 20 dollars worth of gold in it.
The best way to get a very Christian country to feel safe with paper money that has no intrinsic value, is to say “in god we trust” on it.
Today it’s meaningless. I don’t care either way if it fell off or stayed on the next design.
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gold is worthless the only reason it's worth anything is because people say it is.
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The real answer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust
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90% of Americans approve of the message.
Odd.
Only like 75% of America are Christians to my knowledge...
and even then i think atheism is under reported.
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Depends on how they worded the question I guess.
I am an atheist, and if you asked me if I disapproved of the message, I would say no.