Classrooms in Glynn County Georgia are getting spruced up complements of Brunswick’s First Baptist Church. They are supplying every classroom in the county with posters reading, "In God We Trust". Local area Boy Scouts will do the dirty work of distributing and hanging the pictures.
"’In God We Trust’ is the national motto — it’s on every single dollar bill," said Debbie Brown of First Baptist Church. "It’s just important that our students understand, one, where our foundations are based, and, two, it’s connection to our country."
This is just another attempt at getting God in the classroom of public schools. Schools do a fine job educating kids about the history of the US… more so than any poster. If churches want to remind children of our religious foundation, then do so in church or at home, and just leave the rest of us alone. And another thing, the posters were a waste of money, since the phrase is already printed on each and every bill and coin. You could have just hung dollar bills on the wall or better yet, pennies. Then take the left over money and feed the poor or something.
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November 13th, 2005 at 3:32 pm
gasmonso
You could have just hung dollar bills on the wall or better yet, pennies. Then take the left over money and feed the poor or something.
Good point.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:56 pm
Just glad I got out of the South…they seem to ignore the other motto on our money “E Pluribus Unum” From many-One, we have a lot of religious diversity in this country, if we want unity, we’re not gonna be able to support just one God or even a god at all, we’re one nation, indivisible (if you overlook all the division in politics, religion, and economic status in America…oh, and the Civil War…) with Liberty and Justice for all (though not if you’re the victim of racism in the right circumstances, or the vicitim of someone with a lot of money, or if you’re an illegal immigrant, or if you count the 200 years it took to get everyone equal to white men…)
May 18th, 2006 at 10:16 pm
It’s just important that our students understand, one, where our foundations are based, and, two, it’s connection to our country.”
i wish people would get it through their heads that this country was based on religious FREEDOM, not christianity. If the founding fathers would have wanted religion involved in government, they would have made refrences to devine inspiration in the constitution instead of deliberately leaving it out.
July 24th, 2006 at 11:21 pm
Just some boring history.
America never started out with ‘In God We Trust’
And I won’t repeat the other posts/articles I’ve seen on this site demonstrating that our most prominate Forefathers were Deists at best.
http://www.treasury.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml
Sorry for the super-long URL link. That’s just when it 1st started appearing in US currency. In 1864.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_God_we_trust
It wasn’t until very recently..1956, that it officially became the motto of the United States. And then printed on all currency.
I’d rather it be ‘In Goodness We Trust’ if ya wanna keep it all poetic. ‘In Reason We Trust’ just sounds rather cold and boring.
E Pluribus Unum was always a good one. Inspires kids to learn Latin and history at the very least. And, and the important part. We’re all from different cultures and backgrounds but tend to at least try to get along and assimilate cultures.
I agree with OhHolyInternet on that point. From Many, One. And yes America has alot of problems, but we’re trying.
But really..’God’ is a rather vague term. Which God? It doesn’t specify. Does God have to be male, or do we interpret it in the culture in which it was written, where male words tended to apply to both genders. Or, was God implied to be male by that culture?
And which culture? 1956 or 1864?
Can I hangup posters of Zeus with ‘In God We Trust’ in a school? Or Vishnu? I love the Hindu’s, at least their deities are interesting.
A poster of Venus with ‘In God We Trust’ on it would certainly raise some eyebrows.
I’m a Pantheistic Humanist. I think people have the power to solve all our problems,so I’m optimistic. We live in an information age and people are beginning to think for themselves(slowly but surely).
I just need to believe in alot of different gods because I tend to curse at them..alot.
November 9th, 2006 at 9:10 am
There isnt much you can do to change the fact that In God We Trust in on the money of our country. Its there, deal with it. If you dont know which god its talking about.. then think of your on God and you can decide for yourself. Christianity isnt a religioin, its a relationship with the creator of the universe. You cant help but accept it. I respect everyones believes. but that doesnt mean i think they are right. Our country is on the foundation God, its true, Christians started this country. if you dont like it, dont live in this country.
November 9th, 2006 at 11:27 am
This issue has been done to death on this site.
“if you dont like it, dont live in this country.”
I bet they said the same thing about slavery. You’re an idiot.