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Forums - General Discussion - Why does USA have "In god we trust" on it's money?

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.

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.

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.



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im_sneaky said:
Because most ppl are christian in the united states, and the presidents have been christian, and so the presidents have taken very christian actions to put god on your money.

I think Christ might have something to say about that. Matthew 22:17-21.

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In God We trust isn't exactly an inflammatory statement. If you don't believe in God does it matter if others trust in their belief in one? If it were to say in a specific God i think some would be bothered a bit more for instance in Jesus we trust or in Allah we trust just because that get closer to seeming like a state religion.



If I remember correctly, American money originally had "Mind Your Business" on it because when the United States was initially founded most American citizens were business owners of some form. I don't remember the details about why it changed but I suspect it had a lot to do with industrialization pushing more and more people to become employees rather than business owners.

Now, some people would argue that this seems insensitive to non-christian cultures but all Abrahamic religions (Jeudaism, Christianity, and Islam) believe in the same god; and people who follow these faiths represent the majority of Americans (by a wide margin).



im_sneaky said:
Because most ppl are christian in the united states, and the presidents have been christian, and so the presidents have taken very christian actions to put god on your money.

Not all the presidents have been Christian.  The last non-Christian I can think of was McKinley, a Unitarian, and before that most were Naturalists and critical of Christianity, Lincoln and Jefferson, for example.

In God We Trust is on money because religion is a very easy way to get support from people.  Offering something to people after you die is a lot cheaper than offering them something while they are still alive.  As long as people are guliable enough to believe these people, it will be very easy for people seeking power to use religion.



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ManusJustus said:
im_sneaky said:
Because most ppl are christian in the united states, and the presidents have been christian, and so the presidents have taken very christian actions to put god on your money.

Not all the presidents have been Christian.  The last non-Christian I can think of was McKinley, a Unitarian, and before that most were Naturalists and critical of Christianity, Lincoln and Jefferson, for example.

In God We Trust is on money because religion is a very easy way to get support from people.  Offering something to people after you die is a lot cheaper than offering them something while they are still alive.  As long as people are guliable enough to believe these people, it will be very easy for people seeking power to use religion.

Lol wut?

The presidents have all been members of religions incredibly similar to Christianity (Unitarianism holds many Christian values). Plus, the one I find strangest is Eisenhower being between 3 different religions.

And the last part is some propaganda bullshit that I won't even bother with.



 

 

MontanaHatchet said:
ManusJustus said:
im_sneaky said:
Because most ppl are christian in the united states, and the presidents have been christian, and so the presidents have taken very christian actions to put god on your money.

Not all the presidents have been Christian. The last non-Christian I can think of was McKinley, a Unitarian, and before that most were Naturalists and critical of Christianity, Lincoln and Jefferson, for example.

In God We Trust is on money because religion is a very easy way to get support from people. Offering something to people after you die is a lot cheaper than offering them something while they are still alive. As long as people are guliable enough to believe these people, it will be very easy for people seeking power to use religion.

Lol wut?

The presidents have all been members of religions incredibly similar to Christianity (Unitarianism holds many Christian values). Plus, the one I find strangest is Eisenhower being between 3 different religions.

And the last part is some propaganda bullshit that I won't even bother wiyh.

As far as I recall the only non Christian related presedent was Lincoln who was reported to be an atheist. Also Obama is the only quasi Chrisitian, he is part Muslim and probably agnostic anyway.



there is pyramid there.

and owl hidden in the one dollar bill.

lets just say USA people believe in those things.



It seems like an endorsement of belief in god to me. That's something I would call religious.



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highwaystar101 said:
@Dsister: That's good though, right? separation of church and state is a value Americans seem to support.

@ I'm sneeky: Small point not really related to the idea in your post, I'm not American lol.

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