Monday, February 02, 2009

How Well Do You Know American History?

"The fact that the United States was not founded as a Christian nation was early stated in the terms of a treaty with Tripoli, drafted in 1796 under George Washington and sighed by John Adams in 1797:

[Article 11.] As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity, of Musslemen; and as the said States never have entered in to any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan nation, it is declared by the partied that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

(First and second paragraph by Dawkins, Richard, 2006, "The God Delusion," page 40, Boston & New York, Houghton Mifflin Company.)

Uh err.... well... what about the Pledge of Allegiance? Huh? "...one Nation under God,..." What about that? By bringing this subject up, means someone doesn't know American history. The original Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 and did not have the words, "one Nation under God." The "...one Nation under God..." phrase was added to the Pledge of Allegiance by religious fanatics in 1951. This merging of Church and State, to be blunt, is pure bullshit.

It is time we strike the words, "...one Nation under God..." from the Pledge of Allegiance.

Uh... what about "In God We Trust?" This official U.S. motto did not become nationwide until 1956. Again... religious fanatics pushed for these words to be on our currency. Again, another bullshit decision made into law which goes directly against our founding fathers. Please see the first two paragraphs.

If Christian Americans insist we have the words, "In God We Trust" on American currency, then there is no reason why we can't have the following:
On $1.00 bills: "In Allah We Trust"
On $2.00 bills: "In Baal We Trust"
On $5.00 dollar bills: "In Buddha We Trust"
On $20.00 bills: "In God We Trust"
On $50.00 bills: "In Zeus (or Apollo or Poseidon) We Trust"
On $100.00 bills: "In Science We Trust"

So what's the solution? It's very simple. Take off the words, "In God We Trust" on American currency. No one can prove the existence of God. There is a clear separation of Church and State for the very reason, that if I pushed Buddha on Americans by enacting laws to do this, Christian America would freak out.

How do you think non-Christian taxpaying Americans feel when Christianity is pushed on them by Christian-Americans when they enact laws which promote the mythological God of the Christian religion?

Just because someone (or millions) of people feel that God exists, does not mean it is so. If I tell someone I feel that Elvis is real to me and I talk (pray) to Elvis and I feel Elvis is protecting me and that Elvis is my personal savior and lord, just because I feel this, does not make this so.

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