Thread: In God We Trust
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Old 05-15-2003, 05:46 AM   #20 (permalink)
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1. What do "In God We Trust" and "God Bless America" mean to you (especially if you aren't Christian).

I am a christian but I'll answer anyway. In God We Trust is a statement of the kind of beliefs the founders of this country held. Take it off the money, leave it on, I don't care either way. God Bless America is a short prayer full of good intentions. When it's twisted into a catch phrase it becomes a mockery.

2. Does the presence of God in US rhetoric represent a melding of religion and state?

No. The constitution says there should be no official state religion. Just mentioning God in a speech doesn't specify what these guys consider gods or which god they're talking about or imply that to be a good american you must follow their god. It reduces 'god' to catch phrase status. This, too, shall pass.
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