I guess you didn't read the whole page GeneCosta, and I should have been more clear in my post. Our National motto was changed to "In God We Trust" and placed on ALL currency in 1957. Yes, it started during the Civil War on some coins. But it was anti-communism paranoia that changed our motto...
Putting "In God We Trust" on our currency was a knee-jerk reaction during the McCarthy paranoia of the 1950s. Communists are godless, so we decided to differentiate ourselves by adding the phrase. The phrase "under god" was added to our Pledge around the same time, ironically enough between the...
The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or, being willing to do so cannot; or they neither can nor will, or lastly, they are able and willing.
If they have the will to remove evil and cannot, then they are not omnipotent. If they can but will not, then they are not...
I am very happy and have a very "full" life.
I have only meet 2 types of theists. The first are born and raised in their beliefs, and the second has something missing or had a bad life experience that compelled them towards belief in a god. I guess what I'm saying is that, for me, there are no...
Hello everyone. I'm new to the RF obviously, also a little new to forums, so forgive me if I have bad forum etiquette. I have no religion, but I was a Christian for about 10 years of my life. I am currently a student working on a degree in video game design. I am married, going on ten years now...
In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.
- Ellen DeGeneres
"If all the achievements of scientists were wiped out tomorrow, there would be no doctors but witch doctors, no transport faster than horses, no computers, no printed books, no agriculture beyond subsistence peasant farming. If all the achievements of theologians were wiped out tomorrow, would...