Thread: In God We Trust
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Old 09-22-2005, 05:11 PM   #58 (permalink)
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I'm not sure I follow you on where there is " hypocrisy circulating the country right now in the name of 'separation of Church and State'".

If anything I see Bush name drop the name of Lord on a regular basis and I see his acceptance of fundamentalists like Robertson and I wonder in what direction he is taking the nation. Like anyone I see professing anything too much I begin to wonder at their sincerity.

I ultimately see God being used as a marketing tool and that troubles me.

In the end, I see a proper acceptance of other religions in general. The freedom to choose your religion remains in tact and, I suppose, that is what is ultimately important.

Hearing the name of God continually intone just makes me a little uncomfortable and I wonder at the need of it. Why is important to plaster his name over your money like a Teenage Hunk in a girl's locker. Why the need to intone his name continually like a mantra?

This probably has more to do with my firm belief in a secular government than anything else.
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