God in America

A response to an message about the words "so help us god" not being included on the WWII monument.


God has not always been part of this nation. The United States was founded under religious freedom. By placing one person's beliefs above the others, you are going against everything the Founding Fathers did. By using the word "God" in government functions, you are saying that religions with one god are favored above those with multiple gods or no gods per se. The institutions of the United States government must be kept secular if we are to have any hope of rational debate and passage of rational laws. Religion is based on Faith, an irrational notion of belief. Government should be founded on the principles of truth and fact. If there is no proof of a certain thing, then it should not be included in government.

As for the motto "In god we trust" and "under god" on coins and the pledge of allegiance.

"in god we trust originally began gaining popularity during the civil war, and first appeared on a coin in 1864, nearly 100 years after the Founding Fathers. It became the official motto in the year 1956, 180 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It was made the motto, because the United States was engaged in Cold War with an Atheist nation. This was during the time of the Red Scare and McCarthy and his gang needed to press their faith on the United States. The words "under god" in the Pledge appeared around the same time.

The majority of the Founding Fathers themselves were not Christian. Most of them were Deists, the belief in a creator, like a watchmaker, who makes his product, and then lets it run without intervention. They knew the dangers of State-Sponsored religion, and as such they did not want it.

For the Quote on the WW2 Memorial. Its not like they took out the middle of the quote. They just ended it early, which is totally acceptable and does not change the message. We have so many more important things to be doing in the world and out country now, we should not be worrying about who's religion is right.