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Should the motto "In God We Trust" be removed from U.S. currency?

by Graphic Knight | March 26, 2009 at 12:37 pm

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Should the motto "In God We Trust" be removed from U.S. currency?

MSNBC launches a "Live Vote" asking the question "Should the motto 'In God We Trust" be removed from U.S, currency.

Choices for the vote are:

Yes. It's a violation of the principle of separation of church and state.
No. The motto has historical and patriotic significance and does nothing to establish a state religion.

You must vote to view the current results. At this writing the results are:

Yes. It's a violation of the principle of separation of church and state.
13%
No. The motto has historical and patriotic significance and does nothing to establish a state religion.
87%

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amyjudd

at 12:39 on March 26th, 2009

What do you think? Did you want to add some more information to this story or what you think about it?

Roy C

at 12:43 on March 26th, 2009

For me, no. When I was an atheist, though, I thought yes. Objective standards and reactions to this question possible: no.

tikun

at 12:54 on March 26th, 2009

Why does it need to be fed?

Graphic Knight

at 13:20 on March 26th, 2009

I'm curious as to what prompted MSNBC to launch this particular "Live Vote"? Associated content posted along with the vote are all old stories. The most recent from January. Time to stir up the Lefts and Rights again?

jordan

at 13:46 on March 26th, 2009

Maybe they had a bet going in the office.

eastvanray

at 14:11 on March 26th, 2009

I would say remove it since God's representatives here on Earth have not been trustworthy for a long time.

Roy C

at 14:32 on March 26th, 2009

Yes, EastVan, you are right.

Roy C

at 19:23 on March 26th, 2009

In the "Great Spirit" we trust.

Atheists would still object, but if you want to change it to that, I am with you.

nyctuber

at 20:01 on March 26th, 2009

Don't particularly care either way

kuuva

at 20:51 on March 26th, 2009

God is embraced by Islam, Christianity, and Judaism as a monotheistic God. Where as, in Hinduism the concept of God is complex. And Buddism does lacks an absolute God. And then there are the Atheists.

In the US in 2001 about 81% were identified with Christianity, about 2% non-Christian and 7% non religious. From a purely religious point of view and given this information it does lean the way of keeping the In God We Trust.

Is printing God on money sacrilegious? Do we idolize money?

For me, it may be best to remove it from the money/coins at the next major revision to currency. If its on buildings or other more permanent structures, leave it on.

Obviously some people feel more strongly than others, see this picture below.

A circulated $1 bill with "In God We Trust" marked out with a custom-made stamp

albertacowpoke

at 02:45 on March 27th, 2009

After reading all the previous comments, I wonder when God became such a dirty word. As mentioned by kuuva and Esta, God is embraced by all religions. It doesn.t say in Jesus we trust or Mohamed, etc. Why not leave it alone?