Thread:CreddieCupcake/@comment-4542190-20120603190849/@comment-4542190-20120605124424

Now I will have to spoil something from the movie I told about (Cupcake please, still watch it:) ) but, oh well:

"The young lady who just approached the bench presented me with this Christmas card and this. It's a 1$ bill. It's going to be returned to her shortly, but by presenting me with this bill, she reminded me that it's issued by the treasury of the United States of America. And it's backed by the government and the people of the United States of America.

Upon inspection of the article, you will see the words, "In God we trust."

(...) Federal government puts its trust in God. It does so on faith and faith alone. <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">It's the will of the people that guides <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">the government. <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">And it is and was their collective faith <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">in a greater being that gave a <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">nd gives cause to this bill's inscription.

<span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">Now, if the government of the United S <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">tates can issue its currency <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">bearing a declaration of <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">trust in God... "

<span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">These are words from a judge by the way.

<span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">I said about the Declaration because "In God We Trust" became the USA's official motto replacing the (unofficial) other one E pluribus unum which came with the Great Seal. And the Founding Fathers (if not all, surely most of them) did believe in God- you can find some phrases from the Declaration of Independence that show that for example

<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"...that they are endowed by their Creator<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,lucida,'lucidagrande',arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> Communists are indeed atheists- and they're a minority. I've read that this was made partially to differentiate from communism.

<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">And finally, the phrase "In God we trust" does express what American people believe (and is not just political play).

"According to a 2003 joint poll by USA Today, CNN and Gallup 90% of Americans support the inscription "In God We Trust" on U.S. coins."

God is not against money. God is against just aiming for money in life, make it your purpose and one not using his/her wealth to help fellow humans in need-

<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;">"The man with two tunics should share with him who has none, and the one who has food should do the same."

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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US"> Like you said, Jesus Christ drove the merchants away because they made the church, the House of God into a market- a blasphemy. He didn't wage war against merchants worldwide.

<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">God wants us who believe to confess and defend our faith.

<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">"If you're ashamed for Me here on Earth, I will be ashamed for you in Heaven."

<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US">(not what it exactly says, but you can also take it like that)

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