God and Money
Facebook poll:
Should “In God We Trust” be taken off our currency?
- YES! YES! YES!
- It probably should be.
- I don’t care either way.
- NO! NO! NO!
- It probably should remain on there.
My thoughts:
Since the Declaration of Independence makes it clear that governments created by humanity derive their powers from the consent of the governed, not from any gods, I think it should only be decided by a vote.
Furthermore, if one’s faith — or lack of faith, or indifference — is threatened by having the motto removed, one’s faith is pretty shaky.
And if one wants the motto to remain simply to coerce others to honor one’s personal religiosity, then one deserves to have Thomas “freedom of religion” Jefferson fly out of his tomb and clock one’s noggin with a cornerstone of Monticello.
And if one believes America will suffer the more if she doesn’t appease God Almighty with a phrase on her currency, one believes in a rather insecure and wimpy little god almighty.
And if one doesn’t know that the motto didn’t appear on any U.S. currency until after a civil war in 1864–almost a hundred years after the birth of the nation–then one is also ignorant of the history of the great United States of America.
So, since there’s not a “vote on it” option, I guess I don’t care either way :-)
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Thoughtful and humorous post.
Do you know Pat Condell?
He is a famous youtube atheist/Agnostic.
I guess he used to be a standup commedian in the Carlin tradition.
In any case, if you haven’t seen any of his vid’s, I think you will appreciate the trip.
Hey Xman, you mentioned Pat Condell before and I did watch some of his videos…I need to get back to him and check out some more of his offerings on YouTube…