Author Topic: House to vote on affirming ‘In God We Trust’ as national motto  (Read 9973 times)

I don't mind at all, at least until it affects my daily life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_mottos
Man everyone has a better motto than the US

And why can't we just use "E Pluribus Unum"? That sounds cool and fits the country without alienating groups of people.

And why can't we just use "E Pluribus Unum"? That sounds cool and fits the country without alienating groups of people.
Yeah.

One out of many!

Yeah! That fits.

our motto should just be "till all are one"

Yeah.

One out of many!

Yeah! That fits.
One country out of many different ethnic and religious groups.

a long time ago, religion was what this country was built upon
and then they decided religion and government should be separated
and now this?

political leaders are dumb

our motto should just be "till all are one"
"Freedom is the right of all sentient beings."

political leaders are dumb
this is true, but the motto for our country being religious at all doesn't interfere with the government.

a long time ago, religion was what this country was built upon
and then they decided religion and government should be separated
and now this?

political leaders are dumb
seperation of church and state I assume is what you mean?
Believe it or not, Separation of church and state does not exist in the constitution. The only place it ever exists is in a letter the only non-christian founding father wrote (by founding father I mean those who helped form/sign the declaration of independence). Thomas Jefferson. And even he would be shocked by how America is today (as far as religion goes.) The U.S.A was founded a Christian country, on Christian standards and morals. The Bible was originally inspiration for how America would run. At one time, in God we did trust. And America's religious origin seems important to me, and even if I was atheist, I would not want to omit God from America's history. (Or in this case, it's motto.)

Also, even if Separation of church and state was in the constitution, it's separation of church and state. Not from.
All this means is that America can't be like some areas where the church basically runs the country.

this is true, but the motto for our country being religious at all doesn't interfere with the government.
hence why they shouldn't bother with it
seperation of church and state I assume is what you mean?
you ask me if I mean exactly what I said?
I used different words
so?


wat
if it doesn't interfere with the government why would they bother with it when there are more important matters at hand?

if it doesn't interfere with the government why would they bother with it when there are more important matters at hand?
ah okay yeah


they have better things to do.

such as perhaps paying off their debts like they said they should do

I think the new US motto should be "Dieu et Mon Droit" and Obama replaced by an elderly woman without any power, but a lot of money. :o

I think the new US motto should be "Dieu et Mon Droit" and Obama replaced by an elderly woman without any power, but a lot of money. :o
I wonder if whoever named Detroit got inspiration from Britain's motto