gnomon
Well-Known Member
Currency is constantly redesigned.
Including redesigns like inserting useless religious language on the currency less than a century ago. A long time from the writers of the Constitution.
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NBC voteing on "In God we Trust" on money?
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Currency is constantly redesigned.
Including redesigns like inserting useless religious language on the currency less than a century ago. A long time from the writers of the Constitution.
whereismynotecard
Treasure Hunter
Well I guess let's shove religion down everyone's throat them, hm? As long as there aren't any atheists, we'll all get along great.
whereismynotecard
Treasure Hunter
There is something wrong with it. Not everyone wants to waste their time praying. Respecting religions means also respecting those without religion.
gnomon
Well-Known Member
Lying has always been a part of the U.S. government.
SoyLeche
meh...
I guess I've just never really noticed. I don't actually use cash all that often, and seldom bother having bills bigger than a 20.
SoyLeche
meh...
I agree. I actually really like the new dollar coins - they aren't ridiculously big like the Silver Dollar, and they are a different collor to distinguish them from the quarter. The Susan B. Anthony dollar was a big mistake.And what's up with still having a dollar bill? When I have a wallet full of bills, I expect to have a lot of money. It's so disappointing when I check it and realize that it's all ones. And there's no good reason why any civilized country should have to have bill readers on vending machines.
Get rid of the dollar bill, and get rid of the penny.
whereismynotecard
Treasure Hunter
At kfc we were supposed to mark $20 bills and higher with the marker, and $50 and $100 had to be shown to a manager to check for the water mark. Of course I knew how to check myself, so I usually didn't bother finding a manager when I was busy and had better things to do than act like a little kid who needed the all-powerful managers to tell me how to tell if a money was real...
whereismynotecard
Treasure Hunter
There's a new dollar coin???
SoyLeche
meh...
The new gold colored ones with the pictures of Washington, Adams, Jefferson... not sure how many of them they've done so far... They've been out for a couple of years
There's also the Sacajewea (sp?) dollar coin. It's been out for quite a while.
Azakel
Liebe ist für alle da
I have one with Adams on it. The new coins(at lest the one I have) doesn't say "In God We Trust" on it.
dragonflygrrrrl
Member
SoyLeche
meh...
Yeah they do - it's on the edge.
Looks like they are up to John Tyler. James K. Polk comes out in August.
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Azakel
Liebe ist für alle da
Yeah they do - it's on the edge.
Looks like they are up to John Tyler. James K. Polk comes out in August.
LOL okay they do, I never thought to look there. When I got it my mom throw it at me and sounded mad that they took off that saying. I love my mom but sometime
SoyLeche
meh...
A lot of people miss it. I get email forwards every so often about how I should boycott the coins because they don't have "In God We Trust" on them...LOL okay they do, I never thought to look there. When I got it my mom throw it at me and sounded mad that they took off that saying. I love my mom but sometime
Anyone who's worried that their dollar coins aren't "Godly" enough can send them to me for disposal. PM me for the address.
Scott C.
Just one guy
NBC has a poll out on if we should keep "In God We Trust" on our money? Maybe we need to change that to "In God and Allah We Trust" so the Muslims will not feel left out of our culture. Any comments?
Off topic, but what exactly does Allah mean? If I only spoke Arabic and were a Christian, would I use the word Allah for God? Or does the word Allah only apply to Islam? If so, what Arabic word would I use for God, being a Christian? For that matter, what word do Arabic translations of the Christian Bible use, where "God" is used in an English Bible?
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whereismynotecard
Treasure Hunter
I've got the Sacajawea one. I think that was near 2000 when they did that one.
I collected all of the state quarters, even the District of Columbia one, which I wasn't aware of until I found it in my change earlier this week. I don't think I can afford to collect all of the presidents dollars though. Plus, I never see them circulating.
SoyLeche
meh...
Yeah - I'd really like them to catch on, so that the dollar bill can go away entirely.
It's not going to happen though
themadhair
Well-Known Member
That seemed to totally not answer a single thing I said. Why am I not surprised when people will ignore the constitution when it agrees with their theological beliefs?
I’ll pose the same comment again as a question. How did adding the phrase “in god we trust” to currency and altering the pledge to include similar have “a legitimate secular purpose”, something that is required by the Lemon test in order for such an action to be constitutional?