Is it hypocritical for athiests to spend money which reads, "In God We Trust?"
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I'm going to treat this as a humorous question instead of getting snarky about it.\n\nBut I can't think of a funny way to answer, so I'll just say no, it's not hypocritical.
650065
I honestly think it is a financial issue.  I think the problem with organized religion is the organization itself and the fact that it requires money to maintain.  Once you have a mortgage and mouths to feed, you have to focus on fundraising - and that means building and keeping a congregation.\n\nI think many feel that to do that, you need to prove to the faithful that your version of the Universal Truth is the correct one and the others are false.  The worse you can make the punishment also seems to help to keep people in line and making their weekly donations.  I think it is a shame, but a harsh reality of our capitalistic society.\n\nCouple that with the histories of bloody intolerance on all sides (the Roman pagans fed the Christians to the lions, the Christians invaded and murdered the Celtic Pagans, etc.).  No one side is at fault - with the aggressive nature of humans, this is a natural consequence of growth and the development of our warrior nature.\n\nThere is a way to rise above it, though.  I think that if we look at the religions of the world, we can see commonalities, similarities - a basis in love, truth and good will.  If we could focus our attention more on the similarities and let the donation chips fall where they may, we could come out of this as 1 planet ,1 people, infinite diversity for maximum prosperity for all.
671038
Yes, I think it's a big deal, and I am NOT offended to find those words on our coins.  It is one of the very few places that God is still honored in our country.  Should we invalidate the Declaration of Independence, or the Bill of Rights, because they make reference to God?  No!  This country was founded in Christianity, and although I do firmly believe in freedom from religious persecution, I think we've gone way too far on the other side... it is now the Christians who are persecuted, our prayers are not allowed, the very basic principals that this country was founded on are litigated, and all by people claiming to be offended by it... well, you know what?  In many other countries, being the "wrong" religion can get you jailed and executed.  We allow you the God-given right to disagree, but what right do you have to change  who we are?!?!  This country was founded on Christian principals, and you have the right to live here and not be a Christian (although I pray for those lost souls), but that does not mean that you have the right to interfere with my rights, either.  Keep God in all that we do, to honor our forefathers, and honor our FATHER.
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When i was in Washington D.C. I gave a homeless man my $100 dollars spending money. Instead of spending it on something that would probably rot my teeth or brain. I gave it to him, because i knew he was much worse off, and needed it more then i did. and if he was lying, well who am I to judge, God will do that in the end. I was just doing my part and being nice.
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As one of my finance professors so clearly stated it... "In God We Trust".  It is on every piece of paper and coin in the US.  There is no backing or "gold standard" of the almighty dollar anymore.  It is really just a highly accepted form of trade for a common tool for bartering.
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in God we trust is printed on the money we use not in the pledge of allegiance\n\nthey want to take UNDER GOD out of the pledge.  this is because of the seperation of church and state in 1963 people think that there should be NO religon in the Gov't \n\nThis Is BS.  the US was FOUNDED on RELIGON\n\nAll men are CREATED equal.  we are endowed BY OUR CREATOR with...\n\nits the freedom OF religon not the freedom FROM religon\n\nit was writen in the constitution that people should be able to WORSHIP GOD AS THEY PLEASE.  it was to prevent the Gov't from telling people you must practice THIS (specific) religon.  It wasn't written to take away the FOUNDING PRINCIPLES of this country.\n\nthe people who are trying to take UNDER GOD out of the pledge are behaving stupidly.  If we all had a little more of GOD's Qualities (love, joy,peace,meekness,kindness,wisdom,and longsuffering)\nthe world would be a much BETTER place \n\nstop trying to take God OUT! and start trying to put him BACK IN!\n\nTHE GOD OF ISREAL FOR PRESIDENT!  AMEN!
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I would like more of the faithful to become atheists because I feel that when people let their interpretations of what imaginary beings want intrude on their actions they have made an error in judgment. Now, by and large, it doesn't matter what people believe, but often times the whims of these "gods" intrude on the rights of others.\n\nI have seen, on this very site, people who I am sure are decent, pleasant, respectful people post venomous responses to gay kids looking for advice. They post purely hateful things because they think that their god wants them to do so. This is unacceptable.\n\nI feel that my country is currently engaged in an unjust war. I am afraid that one of the reasons that thousands of Americans and hundreds of thousands of others have died is because our president believes that it is god's will that he invade these places. Not only is this unacceptable, it is a blight on our reputation as well as an atrocity.\n\nThe point you make is well known by the higher-ups in the world's churches. Their entire business is based on selling the gullible a story. Faith in this country generates billions (with a "b") of dollars of revenue every year. The people who cash those checks are well versed in your theory. However, I feel that the cost for humanity is too high, even though some of us are getting rich in the mean time.
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Just because an athiest says the name of a person who happens to be in your book, doesn't mean he believes in them.  For example, if you said Allah or Muhamed(spelling), does that mean you are an muslim?  Not to mention, according to Christians using gods name in vain is considered a sin.  If these people truley believe in your god, do you think they would deliberately damn themselves to eternal torture?
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That's propbably when the ACLU was formed.  This country was formed on the basis of freedom of religion.  All the these organizations that think they're making it better are destroying all that our Founders fought for.  \n\nFunny "In God We Trust" is still on the money for now.  All those agencies sure do accept that money from the gov't.  What hypocrites!!!!
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The Bible was written by people and has a bias.  We read it to attempt to interpret what God means.  Since God lives within us, if we pay attention to our hearts we'll know what's right.
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I'm just going to follow Homer's Wager and make sure I don't offend the "real" god by praying to the wrong one.\n\nJust a different take on your idea there.
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Money per se is not the root of all evil...but the love of money is... People who worship money more than God is definitely mislead because he has more love for money than God, the source of everything. \n\nMoney could also be your god, if you let it control you. The love of money will blind you with the truth and will cause you to do anything, whatever it takes just to gain more money.
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NO. To bribe someone to convert or attract to any religion is WRONG. Converting should only come from a person's heart & what they feel led to do. GOD "Allah" wants your heart to be pure. It shouldn't be tainted by bribing. Thats sinful & makes the bribor untrustworthy.
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all religion is hypocracy, and the neo-cons have taken it as their mantle. Thus , by extension, they themselves are the hypocrits. Jesus' teachings taught tollerance and helping your fellow human. Neo-cons help themselves( to whatever they want, whenever they want) at the expence of the poorest majority of the world. Thou shall not kill, though shall not steal, thou shall not bear false witness, though shall not covet, thou shall not worship false idols ( money, oil) I don't need lessons in morality from murderers and theives.
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i don't know why people get so up in the air about the words, heck, God is on our money; are you going to throw it away and not spend it?
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well, I was a bible thumping christian for 23 years-old. Then one day I woke up and realized that all Christian's do is judge and say how everyone is going to hell if they don't believe in GOD.  Who gives them the right to say that.  I also realized that you can't force others to believe in what you  believe in.  I was always being asked by fellow church members on why I didn't have a visitor at church or why I wasn't persistent on sharing my faith with others.  I just got tired of it and left.  No one should tell you how your relationship  with god should be like, even if it's not to their standards.   I also realized that the money I thought I was giving to god wasn't going towards his work it was going into the pastors pocket, There were single mothers in our church who could barely feed there families and the pastor has five kids and a two story house and he is able to write off food and bills when it comes to taxes, cause the Church pays for it.  Yeah the CHURCH me and my money pay him so he can live like a king.  so F***religion.  I couldn't be happier with out it.
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Am I going senile or did someone just rewrite the constitution and the slogan "In God we trust". The U.S. ( and Canada) are recognized as being primarily christian countries. That means the majority of the population is christian. The constitutions allow that everyone may practice their own religion within the country. that means EVERYONE - including the store owners. The customer has the freedom to shop elsewhere. I have been a business owner and if I were still in retail in a Mall I think I would be very tempted to put out a signpost each day right by the door or painted on the window stating "We celebrate Christmas here!" If customers are offended by it, they don't have to come in. Sheesh, things are getting weirder and weirder! I know loads of Jewish storekeepers who have a Menorah in their window and wear a Star of David around their neck. I shop there. We greet each other warmly. We respect each other. They have things I want to buy and they want to sell. That's it. By your store owners playing Christmas music, they make it clear that they recognize that, for the majority of their customers, it is the Christmas season and they wish to get us in the buying mood. They are not bashing people over the head and saying "Convert, convert!" If a Muslim or Jew or atheist comes in to buy something, the only important thing should be that it is priced right, is good value, and they get the correct change. How much nicer the world would be if a person like that extremist would come in, smile and say "I don't celebrate Christmas but this is such as nice season for you." . You would have treated her even better than usual and might have even opened a dialogue about HER traditions. That's what makes a peaceful co-existence and understanding - not shrieking and threatening. Keep on keeping your cool, you're obviously much more mature and your boss should appreciate your patience!