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MontanaHatchet on 13 August 2009

No, I summed it up.



 

 

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deathgod33 on 13 August 2009

its fine the way it is, nothing big.



 

 

 

 

Craan on 13 August 2009
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.

gold is worthless the only reason it's worth anything is because people say it is.



Squilliam on 13 August 2009
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.

Your $60 console game doesn't have $60 worth of gold in it either. It is however the value people believe its worth.



Tease.

dtewi on 13 August 2009
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.

gold is worthless the only reason it's worth anything is because people say it is.

So I could give you an 80 lb. gold nugget and you would throw it away because it is worthless?



Kimi wa ne tashika ni ano toki watashi no soba ni ita

Itsudatte itsudatte itsudatte

Sugu yoko de waratteita

Nakushitemo torimodosu kimi wo

I will never leave you

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Craan on 13 August 2009

my point dtewi was that everything barring human life (particularly my human life), is only worth what we assign it.



Kasz216 on 13 August 2009

What nobody realizes is that the God they're talking about is Xemu.



Kasz216 on 13 August 2009

 http://www.treas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml

 

To summarize a bunch of people said "Why the hell isn't god on our money." right after the Civil War.

And the secretary apparently agreed.

It was meant to be the Christian one.



TheRealMafoo on 13 August 2009
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.

gold is worthless the only reason it's worth anything is because people say it is.

The real answer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust

 



Kasz216 on 13 August 2009
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.

gold is worthless the only reason it's worth anything is because people say it is.

The real answer:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_We_Trust

 

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.