Flecco
iPod is broken.
+1,048|7111|NT, like Mick Dundee

Stingray24 wrote:

Answer my question and I'll answer yours.
Your questions are rhetorical, obviously. You don't want my answers or you would have stated the questions in a different manner.

Right then; the phrase on your money wasn't there originally, was added under a President this century.

Seriously Stingray, go get me the name of an American President who wasn't a Christian. Fuck, JFK had trouble getting elected because he was Catholic and not protestant....
Whoa... Can't believe these forums are still kicking.
Bubbalo
The Lizzard
+541|7007

DesertFox- wrote:

Ceremonial deism, chum. Blame the country.
But using the fact that you already do something to do something else could just mean that you do both things wrong.
Stingray24
Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy
+1,060|6891|The Land of Scott Walker

Flecco wrote:

Stingray24 wrote:

Answer my question and I'll answer yours.
Your questions are rhetorical, obviously. You don't want my answers or you would have stated the questions in a different manner.

Right then; the phrase on your money wasn't there originally, was added under a President this century.

Seriously Stingray, go get me the name of an American President who wasn't a Christian. Fuck, JFK had trouble getting elected because he was Catholic and not protestant....
Eisenhower, who was instrumental in getting "In God We Trust" onto currency, was actually raised as a Jehovah's Witness, not a Christian.  He didn't convert until after his election interestingly enough.  Hardly a "Christian zealot".  Hijacked?  Go ahead and believe every election in the history of the nation was rigged.   People vote for a candidate based on their platform, not their religion.  The majority of the United States does trust in one god or another which is probably why the phrase has remained on our currency and why an atheist has yet to be elected.  If the phrase is truly offensive to anyone, modern technology has given us the debit card so their fingers don't have to touch the words.
ghettoperson
Member
+1,943|7095

Commie Killer wrote:

Penetrator_01 wrote:

You can have the flag on your plate, (EU, pfffft) but at risk of having your car seriously fucked up in a lot of places in the UK.  Hardly worth the risk.
Wow, is it really that bad over there? I dont really know the situation but I would have to say you guys need to toughen your laws the fuck up. And really, jail sentences of 10 days or stupid shit like that dont really mean much. You wanna make a person think first, then its money, death, or a long time.
Come on, please think! Do you think that we don't have laws against that kind of thing? Of course we do, but some people choose to break them. These people are known as criminals, I believe America has them too. It's nothing to do with laws, its that it's tricky to maintain a constant police presence everywhere. That, and if the po-po sees a group of 20 thugs they may decide they value their lives more than attempting to stop slashing tyres and whatnot.
XanKrieger
iLurk
+60|7104|South West England

max wrote:

HeavyMetalDave wrote:

Pat Condell = Genius

If you think he's an idiot... it's because he's smarter than you...

I'll stand behind that guy...
so will I
I'l 3rd that
Doctor Strangelove
Real Battlefield Veterinarian.
+1,758|6914

Stingray24 wrote:

Eisenhower, who was instrumental in getting "In God We Trust" onto currency,
I have a quarter from 1936 with "In God We Trust" on it. 1936 was way before Eisenhower was well known.
Stingray24
Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy
+1,060|6891|The Land of Scott Walker
You're right.  Coin contained the phrase long before paper currency received it in 1957. 

http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-s … rust.shtml

Eisenhower was instrumental in adding "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954 and adoption of "In God We Trust" as the motto of the US in 1956.  Those two things on top of the fact that paper currency received the phrase during his presidency (1953-61) would seem to indicate his involvement.
DeathBecomesYu
Member
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Reciprocity wrote:

I dont know what Jesus would drive, but I now know what state he would live in.
And he would be called a hack in BF2....he would know where everybody is....just not fair.
His stats would be awesome

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