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I don't BELIEVE you

Allied dog, trying to blame us.

Russia was on the allied side durring WWII

Not during WWIII

Then what time were you talking about?

1972 of coarse.

US didn't have allies in that war. At least that were called the allies. That's a WWII term.

The United States was part of the Allied forces. The Allies were targeted by the Soviet Union as an enemy of power. The Allied dogs was teamed with Great Britain, France, Germany and Korea. The World Socialist Alliance was Comprised of the USSR, Libya, Cuba, and Iraq.

YOU RED COMMUNIST SCUM! I FOUND YOU! YOU WILL NOT CONTINUE TO PRODUCE YOUR SEDTIOUS COMMUNIST MATERIALS ANY MORE!! PUT YOUR HANDS IN MY CHUTE OR THERE WILL BE..,CONSEQUENCES!!!

How about...no.

How about yes?

...huh

This thread has gotten really weird really fast.

so blame the USSR for something our the U.S govt did

yes because our government wanted to look better in a 46 year pissing contest with Russia. Please note I didn't say it was ok that our government did it. I'm just saying why they did it. Even if the reason was stupid.

understood

I still find it funny that even people who were around when it happened still say it's always been this way

Yeah my grand parents and parents think that it was always like that.well atleast until I showed them

Wasn't it the Knights of Columbus though?

That moment when something on the internet is valid. Thumbs for you sir.

Plus, we'd have to get rid of every dollar bill that has that and have to manufacture new dollar bills without it. We just figure it's too much work cuz we're lazy as fuck.

Not really. They'd cycle it like the new versions of bills. You can still find 90's $10 bills, but when they get to certain banks they are sent to facilities that will give the bank the same exact amount in fresh new bills and they destroy the old ones.

ah. thank you for educating me.

I'm christian, but I wouldn't mind having this on the coin.

party pooper mode engaged:

Because i only get offended by things that actually have to do with me

What about the respect for other religions? This is America, where we are free to believe whatever we wish to believe. Why do we have to have "God" on our money? And isn't your God anti-greed? It doesn't really bother me that it's there or that we say "under God" in the pledge but I do understand why it does upset people. It's not disrespect to you. It's about them being respected on the same level as you. People call America a Christian nation still, and that's not right. It should be a nation for everyone.

Keep in mind that I agree with a lot of your points. That being said, America according to a 2012 survey, 78.4 Americans consider themselves a Christian. Thats over 3/4. Like it or not, we will be known as a Christan nation by other countries and our own because those are numbers that don't lie.

And for arguments sake, about the anti-greed note you made, do you think its possible that it is there for the purpose of reminding people that the money is not ultimately important?

Also, just because ~73% of Americans call themselves Christian does not mean the rest of us should be ignored.

You're not being ignored. How are you being ignored?

No, it is not possible for that to be the reason. Both "In God We Trust" and "under God" were added to our money/pledge as part of a series of changes during the cold war to make us seem better than Russia. Did you know you used to be able to get degrees in High School? You'd skip most other classes and take, for example, math classes out the ass and you'd have a ton of credits and could possibly have an associate's out of high school. But during the Cold War laws happened to give a more well-rounded education to the citizens (probably for the better).

I do. I find it interesting and curious

I think you mean the pledge of allegiance. Although the thought of Dwight Eisenhower scribbling "In God We Trust" at the bottom of the Declaration of Independence with a ballpoint pen is pretty hilarious.

Make the ballpoint pen a quill and you have the exact image that flashed through my hear when I read sab's comment.

Sorry. I did mean that. Thanks for the correction

Well that's rather arrogant-megalomaniac thing to do, isn't it?

i mean.. if you hate it so much... you can always donate to the stlbecker fund

This country was not founded on religion. It was founded on the basis of equality and fair treatment no matter what religion. Saying that one religion has priority over others is incredibly Un-American.

Puritans

Enough said.

Also, I never said that it did have priority. Religion did influence many of the decisions that shaped our nation though.

They put "in god we trust" because they wanted to reinforce the importance of God to the american people because part of being a communist was to be without religion.
Before that time many people were appalled by the idea of putting God on money.

so it's just a anti communism propaganda thing?

It was the fifties, everything was anti-communist. There was even a patriotic way to take a shit. (It involves doing the pledge of allegiance once your colon starts contracting)

As if anyone in the federal government thinks money is evil...

So this calls for a new crusade!

Agnostics are faggot assholes. They try to escape persecution by saying that they don't take either side. Guess what, Poland tried to be neutral in WWII, look at what fucking happened to Poland. (no, you can't be Switzerland)

You two aren't being serious are you?

of course I'm fucking serious. The thing about agnostics is you know they're retarded because they aren't bandwagoning on either side, and because they actually educate them enough to know that both sides are incorrect yet correct at the same time. Just look at those faggots trying to provoke people. I mean, I think it's offensive that they're trying to be educated, simply pick a side and blindy follow it.

Oh! That makes sense now. Filthy agnostics trying to be reasonable. They should be burned at the stake. Screw god hates fags, god hates agnostics! Burn the fagnostics!

Now you get it. Burn the fagnostics, spread the message.

Yes sir!

There is no real proof of evidence that God exists (that I know of), and no real proof of evidence that God doesn't exist (that I know of). So, that being said, I don't know, and I really don't care. I'm gonna try to enjoy my time on Earth as much as possible, without fear of being smitten by the wrath of God, or the fear of "knowing" that I'm just gonna die and my corpse is going to turn into a tree or flower or something.

Have you ever considered that religious people don't have any proof either, which is why it's called -faith-?

Yes, I have considered that actually. Thank you for asking.

I'm not siding with fluttershy's rapist over there, but it's logically impossible to prove that something doesn't exist, because there's always somewhere you haven't looked, or somewhere that current technology does not allow us to look. Thus, philosophically, the burden of proof is placed upon those who claim something is, rather than those who say it isn't.

I respect you and your decision to be agnostic, just saying why I'm an atheist.

choose a side of something that dosnt matter.

listen bro, id love to talk about whats going to happen after death, but life is way too damn short for that, and i dont want to argue over something that has no answers.