In God We Trust

Time to take it off the $ bills?

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Time to take it off the $ bills?

Yes its too ambiguous, God could refer to anything, we should have a larger more specific slogan, 'Read Gods word the Bible daily'.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Time to take it off the $ bills?

Motto Wording instead?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Motto Wording instead?

Is the phrase, 'In God we trust', not intrinsically linked with Americas history?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Is the phrase, 'In God we trust', not intrinsically linked with Americas history?

Robbie, I'm unsure of the motto's origin but it's the only one I've been aware of for a lifetime.
A Ship's Motto that's generally applicable and memorable: "Not without strenuous effort".

Note: Speaking of words, today I learned a new slang coined in 2013: "FOMO" Reveal Hidden Content

Google: Oxford English Dictionary New Words 2013.

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Robbie, I'm unsure of the motto's origin but it's the only one I've been aware of for a lifetime.
A Ship's Motto that's generally applicable and memorable: "Not without strenuous effort".

Note: Speaking of words, today I learned a new slang coined in 2013: "FOMO" [hidden]Fear of missing out[/hidden]

Google: Oxford English Dictionary New Words 2013.

IN GOD WE TRUST was added to US currency by executive order by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Yes its too ambiguous, God could refer to anything, we should have a larger more specific slogan, 'Read Gods word the Bible daily'.

"Read the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures." Right?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Motto Wording instead?

"Spend me."

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Motto Wording instead?

"Plebis a populo et pro populo."

That's google translates version of...

"Of the people, By the People, For the People."

In Latin.

Which, if you are going to have a motto on your currency, seems eminently
more appropriate and fitting.

Originally posted by JS357
"Spend me."

["Trust Me..."]

Reverse side:

["I'm Only Paper"]

Originally posted by googlefudge
"Plebis a populo et pro populo."

That's google translates version of...

"Of the people, By the People, For the People."

In Latin.

Which, if you are going to have a motto on your currency, seems eminently
more appropriate and fitting.

Looking at a One Dollar Bill right now: print's too small for me to read the reverse side circular wording on the left around the One Eyed [Masonic?] Pyramid as well as wording at the right beneath the Eagle. Can you translate the two?

Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Looking at a One Dollar Bill right now: print's too small for me to read the reverse side circular wording on the left around the One Eyed [Masonic?] Pyramid as well as wording at the right beneath the Eagle. Can you translate the two?

Not being in America and not having a $ to hand I'm going to go with no.

However you can do it yourself by going on the internets, Googling for a high-res image
of the $ bill. and if wikipedia doesn't tell you what it says, google translate will.

Originally posted by JS357
"Read the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures." Right?

no any Bible will do.

Originally posted by caissad4
IN GOD WE TRUST was added to US currency by executive order by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

Then it is intrinsically tied to American history and it should therefore stay.

Originally posted by wolfgang59
Time to take it off the $ bills?

Yes. It's a stupid motto even if a god did exist.

It's a really bad motto for a country founded on a separation of church and state.

It explicitly is endorsing monotheistic religion over anything and everything else.
And implicitly endorsing Christianity over everything else.