yes im not american but yes

by Anonymous 13 years ago

...why the fuck would you care if you're not American?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

it's just not necessary and it's not fair to american people who are not religious

by Anonymous 13 years ago

im not religious, and i dont care

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The First Amendment gives people the freedom to practice their religion, which also means that no one else outside of their religion can infringe upon the other's right to practice. Having "In God We Trust" on our currency does not infringe upon this right.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

no but i just don't see the point

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Please clarify.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

How is this negative?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Because people don't think having God on American money is a big deal....

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Freedom of religion includes freedom from religion

by Anonymous 13 years ago

yeah that doesnt mean any thing religious should just go away cuz you can be free from it, it means it can be there and you dont have to agree with it

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Oh, yeah, and while they're at it, they should take God out of the dictionary too. wow, people like you piss me off. I can understand not believing in God, but why do you have to make such a big deal about it? Does it really offend you just to have that word in your presence?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

What if it said "There is no God" on it? That wouldn't bother you at all?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

That's botthe same. That attacking religion. Just because it says "under God" (pledge) or "in God we trust" (money) it doesn't mean that the government is endorsing or refuting any beliefs, it is just placing the country within the domain of a higher power. That's about it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

that kinda does mean that the government is endorsing religion.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

The point of my comment was that it's not a specific god per se, (although usually inferred as the Christian one) but as Wobbufet said, it has very little meaning at this point and would be a hassle to remove.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You can't argue that, the dictionary doesn't say "God is real". You can't compare it that way.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I'm responding to you but this could double as a response for some other commenters as well. "God" is not just a word. "In God We Trust" is not just a phrase. At some point in time, Congress made a conscious decision to put the phrase on currency where it had not existed before. This first happened with coins during the Civil War because the religious sentiment expressed by the phrase was used as a nationalistic device to unite people of the Union. In other words, Congress was making a deliberate decision adding the phrase because they knew that everyone in America would have to use the coins at some point and read the wording. The phrase had meaning and it had a purpose. The country's a lot different now than in 1860 because now we have more people of non-Christian religious adherence as well as atheists. "In God We Trust" might have been a relatable message to (I'm guessing) 95% of Americans back in Civil War days but it only applies to (cont.)

by Anonymous 13 years ago

about 70% of Americans now. The best argument there is for keeping the phrase on American currency is that it has lost all meaning and it would be more trouble than it's worth to take it off. People no longer associate anything religious with it so it's not causing any real problems. Well, that could be argued endlessly both ways. I do wonder though, why are you so opposed to taking it off? I'm not offended by its presence because I understand why it was put on there in the first place, but are you offended by the idea of taking it off?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Well said.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I don't see why people are so offended. It just says, "In God We Trust". http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_people_believe_in_God_in_America The majority of people in America believe in God [I'm not one of them], but it's just a phrase. Calm yo tits.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I agree with the two comments above.. plus, it's too much trouble to change it all.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

how is it too much trouble? they change currency designs all the time. its not like there would be a recall of all currency that had the phrase, they would just stop making currency with the phrase on it. doesn't seem that hard to me

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I'm an American atheist and I'm not offended or bothered in any way by having "In God we trust" on money. Everyone can believe what they want to, just seeing religious things is bearble. At least we aren't forced into practicing religion like in other countries.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

^^^THIS.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I mainly agree, not because I don't believe in god, but because there is legally suppose to be a separation from church and state, however we have God involved in many things. Maybe if we got the government to seperate God from legal currency it would be step forward to get them out of churchs and allow people to worship, and marry, how they please.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

The idea of separation between church and state is so the government can't force you to follow a religion. If you feel that having the word God on money is forcing you to follow a religion, then that's all you. Go ahead and go to the Supreme Court.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Honestly how can you not believe in God. I mean science is just based on guessing.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Lol.. troll? It's the other way around, btw. But that doesn't mean you should have faith.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

(Your+name+(optional)): science is explaining that which can be explained. Religion is explaining that which cannot.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

by Anonymous 13 years ago

i think that practically, taking references to God off of money is more trouble than it's worth, but conceptually, it makes sense

by Anonymous 13 years ago

honestly...who actually reads what's written on the money? i'm just happy to spend it.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I agree. It's money, not reading materiel

by Anonymous 13 years ago

You're right, this is completely a doable thing. We'll just take all the currency that is circulation, burn it, and print all new money because you don't like to see the word God on it. What a great idea that wouldn't cost the government anything or add to our debt.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

They redesign the money every few years...do it then

by Anonymous 13 years ago

not to be intrusive or anything, but can't god refer to all three of the major monotheistic religions?? and if your athiest why do you care if it's on the money? oh, no the goverment said god they want to turn us all into stupid christian. Like really??? WTF just don't pay attention to it if you don't like it it's one fucking sentence

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Hey, guess what. Who cares??? Honestly, the best solution would just be to take it off. There's no mention of "Under no God" for the atheists, so I don't see any reason for there to be a mention of "Under God" (regardless of which God that may be) for the religious. Keep the government seperate from religion, let people do what they will with their own religions. There is really no need to have it on our currency, just like there's no need to add anything to appease the atheist sect of America. We're not a religious country. Our government does not define a religion for us, nor does it not allow us a religion. All our government does is allow us the choice. It says nothing more, so why does our money need to?

by Anonymous 13 years ago