Athiest's Lawsuit Fails...

[MobBoss]

Having "In God We Trust" on the money is plain silly.

What really gets me, however, is the nigh-consistent misspelling of "atheist" and "atheism" from certain quarters. Methinks it's time to make it a bannable offense.

Meh...I before E, excpet after C and all that....

 

[warpus]

If the nation has been founded by Muslilms....probably not.

So I take it you are 100% against the seperation of church and state?

 

[The Last Conformist]

Where, anyway, did the practice of saying "Allah" for "God" when talking about Islam come from? It's not like we use a Hebrew or Yiddish word when we talk about "Him" in the context of Judaism ...

 

[Masquerouge]

I'm sure Jesus would approve of having "In God we trust" on bills. This is after all the core of his message to mankind, so it is vital that we uphold it, lest we fall back into paganism and heresy, even APOSTASY!

 

[GenMarshall]

I feel that we should keep "In God we trust" on our money.

 

[IglooDame]

Somehow, I just cant bring myself to believe you.

Well, it has in all probability caused that reaction in somebody, but then again probably no more provable harm than, say, not allowing someone to take Easter off, attend the church of their choice, wear a rosary, or ____ (fill in some other "freedom of religion"-protected activity here).

This isnt Rome and we set our own rules how we deem fit. And I fail to see how such a statement is in any way indicative of the monies worth.

Ah, so because we literally do not have a Caesar running our country, we don't have to worry about that pesky biblical imperative? Great.

And Goddess knows I'm no economist, but do I really have to explain to you why our money is worth what it's worth?

 

[Yuri2356]

Where, anyway, did the practice of saying "Allah" for "God" when talking about Islam come from? It's not like we use a Hebrew or Yiddish word when we talk about "Him" in the context of Judaism ...

For some/most it would just be ignorance of the fact that "Allah" is simply the arabic word for the "God". For others, probably just an easy way to separate the Christian immage of God from that of Islam.

 

[tomsnowman123]

It probably shouldn't be on the coins, seperation of church and state and all. But really, it doesn't seem like that big of a deal. My hands don't burn when I pick up a coin, I don't feel offended, and frankly, I never even think about the phrase. A lot of Americans don't even know it's on our money in the first place.

If it's removed, good, but I'm not going to go crazy about it.

 

[Till]

Where i used to live, the standart greeting phrase was "Greet god". Everybody used it, no matter if he or she actually believed in him.
Having "In God we trust" on money seems harmless in comparison.
Some things are just tradition. Why get oversensitive over it?
If i had a shop, i'd get a "In God we trust. Everyone else pays cash" sign.

 

[Sidhe]

Having "In God We Trust" on the money is plain silly.

What really gets me, however, is the nigh-consistent misspelling of "atheist" and "atheism" from certain quarters. Methinks it's time to make it a bannable offense.

Ok point taken, I plead dyslexia as an excuse, so sue me.

Besides spelling corrections actually is a bannable offence, where as mis-spelling is merely a sign of an inability to spell. So watch it buster

 

[The Last Conformist]

For some/most it would just be ignorance of the fact that "Allah" is simply the arabic word for the "God".

That's probably the chief reason the usage continues, but I find it hard to believe it's the reason it got started in the first place.

 

[Yuri2356]

That's probably the chief reason the usage continues, but I find it hard to believe it's the reason it got started in the first place.

See the second pasrt of my post. It's a lazy man's way of differentiating between 'God of Islam' and 'God of Christianity'. And, in the early days of Islam through to the crusades, it would be a simple way for Major Christian nations to convince the ignorant peasantry that these strange people from the east are just some rabble of heathen. The whole 'us' vs 'them' thing.

But this is kind of getting off topic...

 

[blackheart]

I really don't care either way. But I see the reason why MobBoss posted this thread. I might be wrong, but fundamentalists think Christianity is under attack from Atheists?

 

[Hotpoint]

Well, America wasnt founded by athiests sorry to say, thus it is not unreasonable for such things as "In God We Trust" to be on our coinage. Putting that statement on our money hardly equates to a "christian stranglehold" on America.

But it wasn't the founders that put "In God We Trust" on the Money. Much like the addition of "Under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance it was added in the 1950's...

..and think of the moral decay in American society since then

 

[skadistic]

I really don't care either way. But I see the reason why MobBoss posted this thread. I might be wrong, but fundamentalists think Christianity is under attack from Atheists?

And this secular nation is underattack by fundy christians.

In and of itself this is a petty fight but when you ad "uder god" in the pledge (added in the 40s to differ the US from the godless commies) and prayers before the senate and SCOTUS take power for the day. What is suposed to be a nation that does not favour one religion over another it would apear that the christians have a leg up with thier religion being promenitly displayed on our money ,recited in the pledge, and its god praised on public land in public buildings in the course of doing the publics work. Should I add the ten comandments in courts or is that just "historical".

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Having "In God We Trust" on the money is plain silly.

What really gets me, however, is the nigh-consistent misspelling of "atheist" and "atheism" from certain quarters. Methinks it's time to make it a bannable offense.

I agree with you, but only if "religon" is punished the same way.

 

[Sahkuhnder]

This seems to me to fall under "Is this the most important issue we have to worry about and tie up our court system over?"

It's like when the police do a "Crackdown on Jaywalking" campaign and ignore the armed drug dealers working nearby.

If god exists, especially in the christian version, I think I could trust him with my cash, so I'm cool with "In God We Trust" on the currency. I can see why the guy doesn't like it but I personally can live with it in an effort to get along.

 

[A'AbarachAmadan]

First, Jews, Christians and Muslims all worship the SAME God. The first believes the savior hasn't come; the second believes Jesus was the son of God; the third believes Jesus was just a prophet and that Muhammed was his last and greatest prophet. Secondly, it doesn't say what 'God'. I've heard it said by many people that money is the new 'God' in the US, so it is appropriate we put it on our money. You can interpret 'God' any way you want.

I know they mean me.

For me, I don't care. Agnostic, but it does me no harm. A waste of time in our courts to me that need to be dealing with more important issues.

 

[warpus]

Secondly, it doesn't say what 'God'. I've heard it said by many people that money is the new 'God' in the US, so it is appropriate we put it on our money. You can interpret 'God' any way you want.

It's quite clearly a reference to the Christian God.

IMO this isn't really a huge deal either, but if you're truly going to have a seperation of church and state then why not go all the way?

 

[Masquerouge]

It's quite clearly a reference to the Christian God.

IMO this isn't really a huge deal either, but if you're truly going to have a seperation of church and state then why not go all the way?

I don't think the current political climate in the US is to actually enforce the separation of Church and State. But who knows what the future has in stock?