[In a response to a news story about forthcoming new U.S. $1 coins featuring presidents' faces on them, but presented a bit larger than on most coins because words such as "In God We Trust" will be printed on the edge instead of the face of the coin.]
I am appalled that they are going to put "In God We Trust" on the edge of the coin. This is because they know they will get a lot of flack if they omit it altogether, so, therefore, they will put it on the edge where it cannot be seen and after a little usage it won't be able to be seen at all. Reduce the size of the figure on the front and put "In God We Trust" back where it belongs. This is the United States of America and we were founded on the belief in God. Quit the political correctness, and quit trying to please all of the foreign-born people that come here and want to change everything. If this type of thing does not stop soon, we will have more consequences to pay than some of you people realize! If the people in this country do not like our ways, let them go back to their own country. Quit trying to make our country into something that will please everyone. THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!
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So, the question is, *why* are they printing "in god we trust" on the edge of the coin? I suspect there are two issues here:
Wow, so much wrong with this post! You have the overall whiny fundieness of it, the crazy conspiracy theory, the "founded on belief in God" crap, bitching about political correctness, an attack on foreigners, a vague dire threat about what will happen if we don't worship God, and then the hypocrisy of claiming we need to stop trying to please everyone!
"and quit trying to please all of the foreign-born people that come here and want to change everything"Yeah, because ONLY foreign-born people, as you put it, object to it, right? Sorry, YOU'RE WRONG.
Besides, unless you're Native American,
you really, REALLY shouldn't go around yelling about "those gosh darn furriners!".
The Watcher is right, there is SOOOOO many things wrong with this.If the people in this country do not like our ways, let them go back to their own country.
This also applies to you bub, if you don't like the new coins, get the fuck outta here. America doesn't mean "my way only".
Well, to summarise, in God we trust was added deep in the fifties, when the reds under the bed were there. The country was based, on the contrary, ON THE GOAL OF AVOIDING RELIGIOUS FEUD, WITH THE IDEALS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Really, you can believe in God and that you can impose your ideas on everybody, but don´t try to change history.
How about they print "In god We Trust"? That would work for me. Or how about we actually put a name on there? "In Odin We Trust". Or how about we please everyone? "In a god, or several gods, or a goddess, or a pantheon of gods and goddesses, or zero gods, or the FSM and the Invisible Pink Unicorn we trust, except for those of us who think said diety, dieties, etc. are not trustworthy, in which case we simply acknowledge them/him/her/it without trusting in him/it/her/them to make all our problems go away and therefore have to do things ourselves".
"I am appalled that they are going to put "In God We Trust" on the edge of the coin."
"I am appalled that they are going to put "In God We Trust" on the edge of the coin."And, I applaud it as a step toward removing it completely.
"This is because they know they will get a lot of flack if they omit it altogether,"
Indeed, those who wish to force their religion on others would stir up quite a stink.
"so, therefore, they will put it on the edge where it cannot be seen and after a little usage it won't be able to be seen at all."
A compromise.
"Reduce the size of the figure on the front and put "In God We Trust" back where it belongs."
I agree, let's put "In God We Trust" back where it belongs, in religious texts and history books.
"This is the United States of America and we were founded on the belief in God."
No, you should read a history book sometime. Many of the U.S. founding fathers were not Christians. None of the first 6 presidents were anything like an traditional Christian. Franklin wasn't a Christian, certainly Paine was not a Christian.
"Quit the political correctness,"
I never started it.
"and quit trying to please all of the foreign-born people that come here and want to change everything."
I haven't been doing that either.
"If this type of thing does not stop soon, we will have more consequences to pay than some of you people realize!"
Is your imaginary friend going to have a hissy fit because his title has been moved to the edge of a U.S. coin?
"If the people in this country do not like our ways, let them go back to their own country."
I don't like YOUR ways. This is my country. Why don't you go back where you came from, I'm thinking maybe the bronze-age.
"Quit trying to make our country into something that will please everyone. THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!"
I agree, we will never please everyone, but we should use reason and logic to establish policy, not fear of imaginary beings and other ridiculous religious ideas.
I am appalled that they are going to put "In God We Trust" on the edge of the coin. This is the United States of America and we were founded on the belief in God.
Treaty of Tripoli, bitch!
quit trying to please all of the foreign-born people that come here and want to change everything.
I'm pretty sure that there quite a few US-born atheists, non-Xian theists and even some Xians who would love to see IGWT removed from the money.
If this type of thing does not stop soon, we will have more consequences to pay than some of you people realize!
Stop trying to channel Fred Phelps or Pat Robertson, they are (unfortunately) still alive...
If the people in this country do not like our ways, let them go back to their own country.
What about the US-born, American citizens who do not like the current Murikkan ways? Where do they "go back", since they are already in their own country?
Quit trying to make our country into something that will please everyone. THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!
But making it into something that would piss off everybody but you and a handful of fundies is what would happen if you had your way... Frankly, while I must admit that 100% approval is pretty much impossible, I fail to see how making Murikka less offensive is a bad thing. There certainly is a lot of room for improving its image currently, both domestically and internationaly.
Idiots like that one make me wonder if you can stone someone to death with coins...
This is the United States of America and we were founded on the belief in God. If the people in this country do not like our ways, let them go back to their own country.
I was born in America, and I'll die in America. I will never leave just because some half-wit segment of the population can't handle life without God being injected into every component of society.
If the people in this country do not like our ways, let them go back to their own country.
Mayflower descendant (crew) and Sons of the American Revolution here. Now, why don't you take your theistic nonsense back where you came from and leave us good Deists to the country we founded.
Better yet, let's have blinking LED lights on them too, so that no one can miss it! And make it so any time a cash register rings, the figure will start singing hymns! And...and make them in a set so that you can stack them to make a figure of Jesus on the cross! Seriously, is your faith so weak that having people look away from it for a second will collapse it?
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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