You may have heard in the news that a couple of Post Offices in Texas have been forced to take down small posters that say'IN GOD WE TRUST,'
The law, they say, is being violated. Anyway, we heard proposed on aradio station show, that we should all write ' IN GOD WE TRUST'on the back of all our mail. After all, that's our National Motto,and - all the money we use to buy stamps. We think it's a wonderful idea.We must take back our nation from all the people who think that anything that offends them should be removed.
If you like this idea, please pass it on and DO IT. The idea of writing or stamping...'IN GOD WE TRUST ' on our envelopes sounds good to us.
It's been reported that 86% of Americans believe in God. There-fore, we have a very hard time understanding why there's such a mess about having God We Trust!' on our money and having God in the pledge of Allegiance. Could it be that WE just need to take action and tell the 14% to 'sit down and shut up'?
3 comments:
While I agree that the foundation of this nation is about GOD I think that we need to assure a separation of church and state. I agree that the percent of not god believing people in this nation are far fewer then the believers. The law is the law though and unless you intend on changing it... it is what it is for now!
Becca
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You might be interested in the latest ARIS data. It suggests that over the past decade, just about all Christian denominations have declined by vast numbers. At the same time, the number of unbelievers has grown dramatically.
As for the history of our Nation, it isn't so clear as all that. We certainly did have some founders that were deeply religious, and some that were decidedly more in favor of a secular society (like Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Payne). What we ended up with was an uneasy compromise between the two.
One thing is certain though, our founders were unified in not having any governmental preference of one religion over another. Probably the best example of this was the Treaty of Tripoli enacted unanimously by the Senate in 1797. In it, it states "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion...". Another good example would be Virginia's Statute for Religious Freedom (written by Jefferson).
In fact, much of the language about God both in the Currency and the pledge of Alegiance was added in relatively recent history because of McCarthyism, and as a way to contrast ourselves with the "godless" Soviet Union. Oddly, the Baptist minister who wrote the pledge of alegiance was opposed to added the phrase "Under God", because of the corrupting power of the State on religion. There are many deeply religious groups like the Mennonites that are prohibited from saying the pledge for this very reason. Somehow those people of faith in the middle are always lost in the often uncivil discourse between the two sides of the debate.
Oh yeah, and now after having jumped into a controversial topic... ;-)
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I'm living in Batesville and we have a 14 month old daughter. You know I've run three marathons, and it didn't take nearly the amount of energy as being a parent! It's all worth it though...
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