Thread:CreddieCupcake/@comment-4542190-20120603190849/@comment-4196911-20120605113619

"In God We Trust' was added to paper money as a shameless and cynical political ploy by Congress in 1954, because we were fighting the "Godless Communists" and - as we know - you couldn't be a REAL AMERICAN if you didn't believe in God. :(

It was McCarthy-Era nonsense.

The Founders never put God's name on US Currency, and it didn't even first appear on coins until the 1860's when the Founders were all dead.

I'm frankly shocked by religious Americans (who tell me they take their religion very seriously) who actually think this is fine. Money is a base, non-sacred thing. To put your God's name on it should be considered a defilement. When Jesus turned over the moneychangers in the Temple, it wasn't because of what they were doing, but where they were doing it. He was offended that God's sacred space was being defiled by buying and selling. You think Jesus would want God's name printed on money?

Teddy Roosevelt was very religious and objected to having God's name on money, and tried to keep it off a new coin when he was President. He eventually had to back down when Congress gave him a hard time over it, but I think he was right.

"Render unto Caesar", and leave God's name off of it.