Paper money...1957, "cold war" era.
Coins:
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.html
Honest question...
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Paper money...1957, "cold war" era.
Coins:
http://www.ustreas.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.html
Thanks for the link. Interesting...
No WD...that is not quite right.
United States=religion tolerating.
Communists=atheists or else.
Communism decried religion as the "opiate of the masses". It sought to replace church with state.
Satan is an interesting fellow, he does not do evil things himself.....he just causes human beings to do evil things.......I guess he is like that little voice inside that says "do it, who is going to know".......
United States=religion tolerating.
Communists=atheists or else.
Communism decried religion as the "opiate of the masses". It sought to replace church with state.
Satan is an interesting fellow, he does not do evil things himself.....he just causes human beings to do evil things.......I guess he is like that little voice inside that says "do it, who is going to know".......
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Ummm...
So US was God and Germany was Satan???
Huh?
LOL
If you're asking if just because we put "In God We Trust" on our money, do Christians think the US acts on behalf of God? Most that I know do not.
But I'm not afraid to say that in the case of WWII, I think we did the morally right thing by entering the war and I think Hitler was doing the morally wrong thing.
Do you disagree? Surely you're not arguing that we were wrong for entering the war? Or that Hitler was right in his war/political efforts?
No... sorry this was getting kinda off topic so it was stupid post to get things in perspective.
Anyways, from going through some replies, it's evident that there's a simple logic that everyone holds, which is:
I (We) = Good
They = Bad
It seems like everything and everyone that comes against a person's view is bad. Taking that further...
First person = Good
Second person = Bad
Third person = ???
Anyways, from going through some replies, it's evident that there's a simple logic that everyone holds, which is:
I (We) = Good
They = Bad
It seems like everything and everyone that comes against a person's view is bad. Taking that further...
First person = Good
Second person = Bad
Third person = ???
According to the recent line of thinking. Every trade I put on must be good.
Db, I would like to know if you really believe what you say or you are just playing the devil's advocate.
I have trouble fathoming being aware and thinking that all ethics are cultural- are all deeds really equal? Must we accept terrorism as a cultural difference in understanding. Is Osama bin laden the mother teresa of islam? Should I care about Osama's childhood, should I endeavor to wonder what I did to cause his hatred?
Db, I would like to know if you really believe what you say or you are just playing the devil's advocate.
I have trouble fathoming being aware and thinking that all ethics are cultural- are all deeds really equal? Must we accept terrorism as a cultural difference in understanding. Is Osama bin laden the mother teresa of islam? Should I care about Osama's childhood, should I endeavor to wonder what I did to cause his hatred?
"Ethnocentric" is the term I've heard for this. But I think most Americans realize that international politics is very, very complex and there is a lot of "grey" area. WW II is black/white in almost anyone's book. The Afghan war is pretty clear (at least for Americans). But just ask them about Iraq. You'd get a much wider variety of responses I think...
I guess I'm saying that I don't think most people - at least I hope not - see us=good, them=bad all the time.
But here's another question that would be more difficult for the typical American to answer: do you see yourself as superior to the rest of the world?