OK, Rex. This being the case, and seeing how you feel so strongly about it, I'll send you my address, and you can reach into your wallet and go to your bank and empty your accounts and mail all that cash to me. Because as I stated earlier, every penny you've got has got "In God We Trust" on it, and while that may offend you, it sure as hell doesn't bother me. So I'll be more than happy to take all of that loathsome offending stuff (backed by the full faith & credit of the U.S. gov't., BTW) off your hands. Somehow, I'm guessing that the degree to which you're offended stops when we're discussing your bank account.
Perhaps you'd like to explain to me why it's so stupid, Martin. Seems to me that it's only stupid to you because you have no answer for it. If you're offended by an infusion of church and state, then by logical extension, you should also be offended by that government-issued currency in your wallet which says "In God We Trust" - your vague dismissal of it as "symbolism" is just a cop-out. So as far as I'm concerned, you can mail me all YOUR cash, too. It doesn't offend me in the least. Your big deal is to keep the kids from being "indoctrinated" religiously by the government. Tell me...do you intend on keeping your children from having their own money? And to support those children w/ money that could indoctrinate them if they saw it...well, to me, that's just selling out. You like to try to impress us all w/ how unorthodox you are, Martin. Try thinking outside of the box on this one. Don't be pissed off because somebody beat you to the punch and saw something in a light you can't conceive of.
I agree with Martin... that's one of the stupider things I've seen on this board. I am deeply offended by "In God We Trust" on my bills. But what am I supposed to do when I'm forced by law to use them? I suspect that if I snuck into your house and wrote "Satan exists" on all your bills that you wouldn't throw them away, either.
why would i give you my money just because it says something stupid on it? i can still spend it. if i had my way it wouldnt say that. oh well. i cant believe i have to explain to a presumably adult human how i can oppose something without having to explain how i dont want to make myself a penniless bum in protest. if cash said "ole miss rules", would you send it straight to oxford and live out of a dumspter? why am i explaining this? really it amazes me that a person can have the mental skill be able to form sentences, and this is the sort of sentences they choose to construct. no, i dont like religion being a part of public life, but curiously, no, i will not destroy myself and burn all my money in protest. i simply oppose religion and government getting intertwined. well, i am impressively unorthodox. thanks for noticing.
1. If you ever snuck into my house, Rex, I would shoot first and ask questions later. 2. I already believe in the existence of Satan, but I don't get my boxers in a bunch over the mere mention of him. 3. It would just be YOU who wrote that on my money, not the gov't., so your argument falls flat there. I could always just explain when I spent it that some idiot broke into my house and wrote that on all my money before I shot him for breaking and entering. This is my last word on the subject. You guys are flopping like fish on a bank on this one.
When the government prints a religious message on money it makes it all the worse, gman... If Congress printed AMERICA EXISTS WITH OR WITHOUT GOD on your money, and you were forced by law to use it, I doubt you'd be throwing it away. And I also think that would offend you more deeply than somebody breaking into your house and scribbling on your bills. The only one flopping here, gman, is you... You diverted the argument away from the Alabama judge when you couldn't sustain it any longer... and you're not doing any better with this one.
