In God We Trust

I received the following chain-letter email today:

Do you believe in God?
NBC this morning had a poll on this question.
They had the highest
Number of responses that they have ever had for one of their polls, and the
Percentage was the same as this:
86% to keep the words, IN God We Trust and God in the Pledge of Allegiance
14% against
That is a pretty 'commanding' public response.
I was asked to send this on if I agreed or delete if I didn't .
Now it is your turn . It is said that 86% of Americans and Canadians believe in God.
Therefore, I have a very hard time understanding why there is such
A mess about having "In God We Trust" on our money and having
God in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Why is the world catering to this 14%?
AMEN!
If you agree, pass this on , if not, simply delete
In God We Trust

My response is this:

• The question was asked of Americans.
• It's American money and the American pledge of allegiance.

So in this case the world wouldn't be catering to Atheists, America would be.

• "In God we trust" is still on our money and God is still in the pledge of allegiance.

How is this catering to anyone but believers in God?

Why is there such a "mess" about taking the word God out and off of these things? Would it mean you no longer believed in God? Why do Christians feel so strongly about keeping His name there?

This is such a ridiculous debate. Who the hell cares? Leave the word god there or take it out... it doesn't change anything. Those 86% would still believe in a god and those 14% would still not believe. It doesn't matter. There are so many more interesting topics to fight about.

I wish these people would pay attention to what they are saying - make a logical argument, perhaps they would actually make their point instead of preaching to the choir.

Although, in the words of songwriter John Mayer, from his song Belief

Is there anyone who
Ever remembers changing their mind from
The paint on a sign?
Is there anyone who really recalls
Ever breaking rank at all
For something someone yelled real loud one time

We all have our beliefs. Nothing anyone says will make us change our minds. If we're going to change what we think, we will do it because we're ready to. Because it makes sense to us. There is a time for everything, including epiphanies, whether you're Christian or not.