The New Dollar....Not Quite Minus "In God We Trust"
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Picking coins out of my wallet yesterday for a puchase.. I came across a strange one which I thought at first was a game token or something similar.
It was the new dollar coin.
It wasn't till later I really looked at it and saw it is minus the inscription "In God We Trust".
Apparently this dollar has been out there for a while... it is the first one I have seen.
Is it the first of many new coins?
Our founding fathers built this nation with their trust in God to guide them.
God guided them well and He has blessed this country unbelievably.
There is an element in our nation that hates that fact ... or is just blinded to the truth by their complete lack of trust in God or their complete lack of belief in Him ... and that element is doing and will do all it can to remove any reference to God anywhere and everywhere here. That is nothing new.
The removal of "In God We Trust" to me is a blatant boast...... declaring..... "There! We said we would do it and we have."
God needs no defending. The truth needs no defending. It stands for itself.
Certainly removing a word or three cannot remove the truth.
I for one will never use the new dollar.... a matter of principle.
Post Script:
After writing this .. I inspected the coin further and found the inscription "In God We Trust" printed on the outside edge of the coin. Was it done just to see what type of outcry if any the coin at first would elicit.. such as mine? Was it done to determine if there would be an outcry? Was there a purpose in it somewhere or was it a mistake? it will be interesting to see what comes next.
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You are right.. .as I noticed per edit to hub above. A not so subtle move on someone's part... it seems. As you said... if nothing else... hide it.
"IN GOD WE TRUST" first appeared on the 1864 two-cent coin, during the Civil War.
Thank you for the info.. jastankevicz... I didn't know that.
too bad you didnt actually have one minus the inscription, that error coin is worth quite a bit of money.... search ebay
Yes .. I was sad to see the inscription on the side after all.. ha ha! Thanks for reading my hub.. all of you.
God bless America? Why should He?? America is trying to erase God. But a day of reckoning is coming.
good one "b. mood" dork...
Actually the country was not founded as a Christian nation our First and second president ratified this in international document such as the treaty made with Tripoli in 1764-1765 which states "the government of the united states is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion;" Sure many of the founders were Christian but many were also deists. Deists have a different conception of god then Christians. There were also Jews a very small proportion, and gasp Pagan Indians. Our first amendment in the bill of rights establishes that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
By placing in god we trust on our money we effectively establish a monotheist religion. As an atheist I have just as much right to this country as you. I have just as much right to have my lack of faith respected and protected. I do not want to deny you your belief or force you to have mine. Why do you demand I conform to yours? This country was founded on a freedom of religious belief and you and people like you want to destroy that. You are unAmerican and as bad as any Soviet commissar. People like B Mood who threaten a day of reckoning are actually committing a hate crime, threatening those of us who do not believe.
Atheist make up a larger population of the country then Jews, combine us with all the other people who do not meet the monotheist paradox we make up almost 5% of the population. We are a significant minority and our rights deserve to be protected regardless of our faiths.
In God I trust ... a source of great inner peace.
The words on a coin or not on a coin has no bearing on that... nor .. I am sure.. has it any bearing on God's presence.. I would hate to believe He could be wiped away by the erasing of words... and my belief in Him should in no way threaten your nonbelief.. anymore than your nonbelief threatens my belief.
Great hub. Interesting how a coin hub became an outlet for athiest bs.
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Yes, I agree, our nation was founded on IN GOD WE TRUST! Without Him we wouldn't have a nation. Proverbs 3:5 says to "TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL OUR HEART." We must pray for our nation.
Blessings!Linda CrossGammalinda
Please check out my hubpage I wrote called, "Trust in the Lord with all Your Heart".
Thanks guys.. for reading. No matter how hard anyone tries.. God can never be wiped away.
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Sweeps Luck says:
8 months ago
In God We Trust is printed on the edge of the coin. If you lay it on its side and spin it around you can see it. It does seem as though "Big Brother" is trying to hide it if they cant remove it altogether. If it doesnt have it printed on the edge, it can be worth a lot of money. Get a thought for u.