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Alright, since no one else is commenting on this... why?
by duck 17y ago
Alright, since no one else is commenting on this... why?
- coderdude 17y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state_in_the_United_States http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state_...
- techiferous 17y agoIt's about as appropriate as "In Zeus We Trust". It's not something that is representative of the consensus of the American people.
- duck 17y agoThey say statistics can be used to prove anything, so I'm not expecting this to change your mind, but poll after poll shows that the majority of people in the USA are Christians. http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html
- techiferous 17y agoBut there are two things: (1) relevance and (2) I'm guessing the consensus among Americans is that we wouldn't want merely a majority-rule democracy, but a democracy that also respects the rights of minorities. Using the reasoning of popularity, we could put "Land of the Whites" on our money.
- mga 17y agowe (and when I say "we" I mean "you" because I'm not from the US) should be more concerned about the un-separation of church and state and less about the design
- jessriedel 17y agoThe large majority of Americans are Christian, and any even larger percentage believe in some sort of God. Do you really think a major hang-up preventing a separation of Church and State is the phrase on the money? This phrase is an indicator, not a contributing factor.
- mga 17y agonever said it was a factor