How to make an atheistic statement seen by thousands in America, using only a red pen

[Ormiston]

There is no mention of god on our notes.
But a picture of Charles Darwin is on the back of a £10 note which might upset a few believers in ID in the USA

on the £5 we have Elizabeth Fry a Quaker prison reformer
on the £20 we have Edward Elgar the composer.
0n the £50 we have Sir John Houblon the first govenor of the bank of england

We no longer have a £100 note but this is a useful story of such a note ( fom the Scouts site)

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a £100-00 note. In the room of 200, he asked, "Who would like this £100-00 note? Hands started going up. He said, "I am going to give this £100-00 to one of you but first, let me do this.

He proceeded to crumple the £100-00 note up. He then asked, "Who still wants it?" Still the hands were up in the air. Well, he replied, "What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe. He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. "Now, who still wants it?" Still the hands went into the air.

My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth £100-00 .

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you. The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE. You are special - Don't EVER forget it."

Terry_______________________-
Blessed are the gentle, they shall inherit the land

Charles Darwin...no end to the irony! :biglaugh: Good story!!

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Probably a better idea would be to send all of that filthy lucre over to me!

Welcome to the fray, er forum and good luck in your protest!

This caused me to laugh out loud at work. Shame on me!!

PS - send some my way if you're passing it around.

 

[angellous_evangellous]

Is this legal? I'm always broke so I don't know if I would make much of an impact. Interesting idea though.

It is legal. A bill is legal as long as 2/3 of the bill is readable.

 

[Feathers in Hair]

Most atheists I know don't seem to care one way or another about this. But, if it makes you happy, go for it. The only trouble is that it makes the sentance linguistically unsound. "In we trust." I'd cross out the 'in', too, so it would simply be "We trust". That's actually kind of a sweet sentiment. If I get some moolah, I'll start doing that.

No, wait, better yet, I'll add 'dess' at the end of "God"! *starts searching for some money to do this with*

 

[michel]

ApostateAbe,


Somehow, I seem to have missed your intro; I am sorry. A great welcome to the forum.

Don't pay any attention to that muck-raking NetDoc; we don't have frays......

Well, not that many...blast, this blood will not wash away.......Out, damned spot! out, I say!" (as lady Mac would have put it).....

Oh, yes, and have fun, we like fun.........:bounce

 

[ApostateAbe]

Is this legal? I'm always broke so I don't know if I would make much of an impact. Interesting idea though.

It is legal, although you may get harrassed by the Secret Service. The law says that you can't deface dollar bills with the intent to make them unfit for circulation. So give the Secret Service the finger.

 

[ApostateAbe]

Is your hate for God or the idea of God so strong that you would cross out the name God of our currency?

Yes.

Also, out of curiousity why do you hate the idea of God so much?

God and religion are the source of very many delusions and crazyness in this world.

Do many people even look at that? Lastly, why a red sharpie? What do you have against blue?

These three questions all have the same answer. A red marking on a green surface gets people's attention. Everyone has to look at cash before they spend it or accept it.

 

[ApostateAbe]

What are you going to do about the coins?

Scrape them with a scalpel? Invent a God-stamping-out machine? The only way to notice in the first place is to examine carefully.

 

[ApostateAbe]

How long do bills stay in circulation? I have a feeling that these bills would disappear when they made it to the bank. You should probably wage your protest using coins. They tend to stay around longer.

Bills stay in circulation for as long they are still fit to circulate. The average life of a one-dollar-bill is 18 months, and longer for larger currency. They all pass through the same number of hands. Nobody notices the bright red markings on a coin.

In any case, the only time I ever carry cash is when I can't use a debit card and the cash usually goes straight from the ATM to whomever I need to give it to. I probably wouldn't notice your protest either.

I still use cash. My grocery story doesn't even accept debit.

 

[The Black Whirlwind]

You must really hate god to waste your time on such a thing.

 

[Bishka]

Most people (that I know of and myself included) do not use cash anymore. Not even my own grandmother uses cash -- she uses cheques and debit/credit cards. I am not sure why this protest seems to need all of our attention and why it is so important in the long run.

 

[s2a]

You must really hate god to waste your time on such a thing.

To hate a "thing" is to acknowledge that particular "thing's" veritable existence.

Atheists don't hate "things" they deem as non-existent. Atheists do not accept the existence of god(s) as anything more than a concept derived of/from the minds of mortal men.

However, one can certainly find a concept or idea to be most detestable (if not necessarily worthy of hate - which, when present, tends to impair reason and sound judgment in words and deeds - being a fruitless and destructive emotion that serves no worthy motive or purpose).

BTW...a belated welcome to you ApostateAbe.

I'll be keeping my red sharpie in my pocket for now (though you keep on keepin' on, if that's what you think will make a difference). I retain no belief in any gods, but I do trust to the inexorable (albeit frustratingly glacial at times) due course of law, and our courts system - to ultimately prevail and preserve our Constitution and it's high ideals as originally intended. ;-)

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

It is legal, although ...

But is it mature or productive?

 

[Shadow Wolf]

To be honest, the only things I notice on any bill are "1, 5, 10, 20, 50, or 100." I know the coins by size, and I couldn't tell you whats on them.
I might scribble out the "God" and replace it with "Goddess," but that wouldn't be noticed much. I might instead replace "God" with "Satan" using a gold colored ink. That would draw attention.
No offense to Satanist. I would get a kick out of watching some people's reaction to seeing "In Satan we trust." on a dollar bill.

That's why wheresgeorge.com writes in the blank area around the bill instead of on the bill itself.

I've seen two of those. Both had the "follow my travels...at wheresgeorge.com" wrote close to the middle of the bill.

 

[spacemonkey]

I belive it is very hypocritical to say that this is a country of religous freedom and then put such a religous remark on its currency. The founding fathers made it clear that there MUST be a seperation of Church and State. We label the period of time when the church ran things as the Dark Ages, and we all look back fondly at the Crusades and the Inquisition. I applaud you Abe while not being an Athiest myself, and wish you luck converting the Romans back to paganism.

 

[The Black Whirlwind]

To hate a "thing" is to acknowledge that particular "thing's" veritable existence.

Atheists don't hate "things" they deem as non-existent. Atheists do not accept the existence of god(s) as anything more than a concept derived of/from the minds of mortal men.

However, one can certainly find a concept or idea to be most detestable (if not necessarily worthy of hate - which, when present, tends to impair reason and sound judgment in words and deeds - being a fruitless and destructive emotion that serves no worthy motive or purpose).

BTW...a belated welcome to you ApostateAbe.

I'll be keeping my red sharpie in my pocket for now (though you keep on keepin' on, if that's what you think will make a difference). I retain no belief in any gods, but I do trust to the inexorable (albeit frustratingly glacial at times) due course of law, and our courts system - to ultimately prevail and preserve our Constitution and it's high ideals as originally intended. ;-)

not all hate god, but he said that he did, on page 2 or something.

 

[Fatmop]

Most people, ApostateAbe, don't use cash anymore. Not even my grandmother does. I wish you what success you want in this, but I don't agree nor do I support it, maybe I'll go around with a red pen and circle GOD or underline on every dollar-bill I come in contact with.

Any evidence of people 'not using cash' besides anecdotes? I'm taking economics right now, and I can tell you that's pretty much a lie. Besides which, you must never have worked in the retail business.

 

[Aqualung]

Any evidence of people 'not using cash' besides anecdotes? I'm taking economics right now, and I can tell you that's pretty much a lie. Besides which, you must never have worked in the retail business.

I'm living and I know that I haven't used cash almost since I got to college, and if I have it's been take out a few bucks from the ATM and pay it to the guy who insisted on cash a couple minutes later.

 

[Fatmop]

not all hate god, but he said that he did, on page 2 or something

Page 3, actually. Abe, a better reply to the question is along the lines s2a gave: "How do I hate something that doesn't exist?"

 

[Fatmop]

I'm living and I know that I haven't used cash almost since I got to college, and if I have it's been take out a few bucks from the ATM and pay it to the guy who insisted on cash a couple minutes later.

"Got to college?" AHA! If you're still in college, then yeah, it's safe to assume you don't use cash. However, you didn't really address my point: cash is used. A lot. Average life of a $1 bill is 18 months, and it is extremely fluid.