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Appellate court rules, “In God we trust” is ok

Shad

Veteran Member
The standards using precious metals may have been useful in the past, but the amount of precious metals in the world is minuscule in meeting the needs for vast amounts of money and the size of the economies in today's world. Today's precious metals are far more useful in industry and technology.

Understandable use of materials

Currency has been inflated for decades so part of the need is due to said inflation.
 

Ponder This

Well-Known Member
FTA: “A federal appeals court on Tuesday said printing "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency is constitutional, citing its longstanding use and saying it was not coercive.”

U.S. court rejects atheists' appeal over 'In God We Trust' on money

It seems to me that those arguing that "In God We Trust" is unconstitutional have failed to present a compelling argument.

All I've heard is something along the lines of:
We are atheists; we don't agree with the motto.
We are Christian; we are offended by the motto.

It's not sufficient to disagree with the motto, nor is it sufficient to be offended by the motto.

The subtlety of this may be lost on some people. Not liking the motto is a reason to legislate a different motto, but it is not a reason to judge a motto in a court of law.
 

Milton Platt

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Shaul

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
And Muslims are treated as second class citizens in India and other places.

The Medina Constitution by today's standards is utterly backwards. By the standards of that time and place, it was a step forward.
There is a fundamental difference. The Indian constitution specifically guarantees the freedom of religion. The Medina Constitution specifically denies it.

Also the Medina Constitution was not a step forward in its time, it was a step backwards.
 

sun rise

The world is on fire
Premium Member
There is a fundamental difference. The Indian constitution specifically guarantees the freedom of religion. The Medina Constitution specifically denies it.

Also the Medina Constitution was not a step forward in its time, it was a step backwards.

The Medina Constitution was put in place in 622AD compared to the Indian Constitution in 1949 which makes them not comparable.

There had been fighting in Medina involving mainly its pagan and Jewish inhabitants for around 100 years before 620. The recurring slaughters and disagreements over the resulting claims, especially after the Battle of Bu'ath in which all the clans had been involved, made it obvious to them that the tribal conceptions of blood feud and an eye for an eye were no longer workable unless there was one man with the authority to adjudicate in disputed cases.[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Medina
 

DPMartin

Member
The expression "in God we trust" is incompatible with a secular state.
I mean, in my country the word God cannot be present in any governmental building or in any juridic document


its not unconstitutional for public places to be used for public expression of what the majority believes is true or is united in. but its unconstitutional for the government to indorse or subsidize or maintain a church or religion of the state like Rome did, and England does.


so actually all the efforts of schools for example to suppress expressions of belief in God is oppressing the public's right to express in public places. and there's nothing in the constitution that says the US of A is required to be secular.
 

BilliardsBall

Veteran Member
You mean, manipulate the courts to stack it in favor of one group over another, such as not confirming a justice deliberately for one whole year? Is cheating and lying for Jesus, Christian in your book? Where is love in all this? I don't see it. I'm quite sure Jesus would be surprised to see the Pharisees now calling themselves Christians. Or, actually, maybe not. ;) It was about power over others then, and it is now. None of which is Christian in the least.

Selecting conservative rather than liberal judges is manipulation? Bush and Trump are manipulators but Obama wasn't manipulating?
 

Shaul

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
The Medina Constitution was put in place in 622AD compared to the Indian Constitution in 1949 which makes them not comparable.

There had been fighting in Medina involving mainly its pagan and Jewish inhabitants for around 100 years before 620. The recurring slaughters and disagreements over the resulting claims, especially after the Battle of Bu'ath in which all the clans had been involved, made it obvious to them that the tribal conceptions of blood feud and an eye for an eye were no longer workable unless there was one man with the authority to adjudicate in disputed cases.[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Medina
But it was you that brought that brought up India and the Constitution of Medina.

Your version of history shows a flawed Muslim bias.
 
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