"In God We Trust"

Do me a favor. Take out your wallet. Take out a dollar bill. Look at it. Say hello to George. Now, turn it over. Look for these words, "In God We Trust."

Don't have a dollar, take out a five, ten, twenty, fifty, hundred, or any higher bill (if you have one higher, can I have a loan?). On the back, look for "In God We Trust." I'll give you a second, you'll find it.

See it? Good.

Now, ask yourself the following questions:

What does it mean?

Why does it say that?

Does this offend me?

If you ask those questions to Michael Newdow, he'll say that it puts God in our government, since money is the currency of the US Government. It says it because the Government wants religion in your life, whether you want it or not. And its extremely offensive to him because he's an atheist.

I also am an atheist. It does not bother me. In fact, just the opposite.

I don't believe in God, as most do. But, I wish more people did. I don't care which God, just find one, and see if you can believe in him/her/it.

People who believe in God, for most cases, have higher morals, are more honest, and are generally better people and citizens than those who don't. I'm not saying all of them are, but if you find someone who does believe in religion and one who doesn't, its more likely that the one that does believe will be a better person.

Benjamin Franklin once said "If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?"

A few years later, John Adams said "Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness."

Take Newdow for instance. He spent years trying to get two words removed from the Pledge of Allegiance, or to ban the Pledge altogether, and used his daughter to do it. Never mind that he had weekend custody of her, and she didn't mind the words themselves, he just figured the church brainwashed her.

How hard is it to NOT use your child to make your point. How hard is it to say that YOU don't want your child to have a choice made for them...but, he said his daughter didn't like it.

In 1864, on the 2-cent coin, that was the first instance that "In God We Trust" was on money. In the one-hundred forth years since it has appeared and disappeared on money. But, why is this a problem? In 1955, "In God We Trust" was placed on all money by an Act of Congress.

Taking a look back at the quotes above, one of the biggest rallying cries begin to be dismantled.

The Second Amendment of the US Constitution says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"

And here is the problem. It says "no law respecting an establishment of religion." This is not establishing a religion. Of the major religions, all use "God" to name their Deity. So, how is this "establishment of religion?" Simple answer...its not.

So, next, it goes to the founders being "deists." That is, not believing in God. How they believe that the founders didn't want this country based on religion makes me scratch my head.

But, even a few more quotes blow this out of the water, as well.

The first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Jay, and a yes vote to the US Constitution, said this:

"The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and in the next. Continue therefore to read it and to regulate your life by its precepts."

I've listed just three quotes here, and there are many, many more.

This country was founded on religious, Christian principles. The founders believed in religion, and Christianity.

"Under God." "In God We Trust."

The fact that these 6 words are under attack, if you go to the founder's grave sites, put your ear to the ground, you would hear them rolling furiously in their graves.