Should "In God We Trust" be removed from US Coins & Currency?

Stephen Roach recently wrote an article, Federal lawsuit seeks removal of 'In God We Trust' from coins, notes

 

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Nope. It's perfectly fine where it is!

 

Imagine if the entire concept were removed from all society how peaceful the world would be? What would be left to fight and kill for?

 

I think this is a subject that is going to cross some lines and cause a lot of fighting...

 

Here's all i will say about it: This country was founded on the basis of christianity. Just because there is separation of church and state, doesnt mean the state cant believe in a certain religion. It just means the government cant tell you what to believe. There is a reason Moses and the ten commandments are on the Supreme Court building, it's because our laws came from those handed down by God.

Without religion how would we know wrong from right? Where did our morals and ethics come from? I believe from religion.

I wont argue about it. If you disagree, I dont care, im not going to fight anyone over it and get banned.

 

Alan, my personal opinion is that the motto should be changed to "IN GOD WE RUST" because I'm really getting tired of idiots hyping this grease-filled die.

Chris

 

NO! IT'S FINE WHERE IT IS!

 

This thread makes me cringe.

Give yourself some credit man.

 

Would your religious convictions change if it were removed? Seems like this thread should be short-lived since no one will change their opinions/convictions either way through this discussion. Hopefully there will be NO disparaging remarks, either.

 

yea i commented on this in an earlier thread and it got moved to some other forum...

 

Money? Power? Land?

 

Let's make a deal.

Remove the tax exemption status for religious organizations, and I'll be fine to let you keep "In god we trust" on our money. Seems a fair deal.

 

I read the article and think its odd that the lawsuit is going after both US Coins & US Currency.

I feel combining the 2 is foolish.

Coins are made for the US Government by a US Government agency (US Mint). It would be pretty easy to argue that separation of church and state is clearly violated.

Currency however is made for the Federal Reserve Bank, which happens to be a private company, buy a US Government agency (Bureau of Engraving & Printing). In my opinion there is too much room for passing liability. The BEP can claim we don't own the currency and the Federal Reserve Bank can claim we are not the Government.

 

Water. Clean water. Oops, sorry mods, I just made this political.

 

It's the national motto, why shouldn't it be on our money?

Whether or not it is on our money likely isn't going to sway anyone's religious beliefs one way or another.

 

Just leave the coins alone. A suit like this is accomplishing what it set out to do: just stir people up.

 

Exactly. This is just a "wedge issue" used to divide people. Whether or not the motto appears on our currency will have little to no effect on our lives, but people have strong opinions about it anyway.

 

If it mentioned a specific God yes it would be, not mentioning a specific God though it is not which is how the court has viewed it historically. Separation doesn't mean religion can never be mentioned in anyway, it means that they cannot endorse a specific religion.

Interesting fact as well, if they find it has to be removed from the coin, then the Supreme court itself as well as the vast majority of federal buildings in DC have to be torn down since they all have numerous references to God and bible quotes are part of their designs.

 

This country was founded on Religious freedom, Not Christianity . As some of the founding fathers had no religious beliefs at all. Yet respected others whom did,as well as those who did respected those whom didn't .