Florida's motto is In God We Trust. Florida is the only State that uses this motto on its seal as well as its flag. The motto of the United States itself is In God We Trust, proclaimed by Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on July 30, 1956.
“Under God” was added to the pledge by various groups in the late 1940s and early 1950s and since it was adopted by Congress, it has sparked controversy among atheist and church-state separation advocacy organizations, minorities with big voices.
"In God we trust" was adopted as the official motto of the United States in 1956 as an alternative or replacement to the unofficial motto of E pluribus unum, adopted when the Great Seal of the United States was created and adopted in 1782.
"In God we trust" first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864 and has appeared on paper currency since 1957. Some secularists object to its use. Source; Wikipedia
As we progress more and more into socialism in this country and the ACLU and other groups get into the act, on Thursday, the web designers for Obamacare testified under oath before a Congressional committee. The words "so help me God" were eliminated. The U.S. Air Force Academy no longer requires anyone to say "so help me God" at the end of the honor oath. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation, run by Mikey Weinstein, filed a complaint. That's all it took for one of our top military academies that teaches our brave future officers.
Liberal attacks on religion are to blame. Christianity is "the one religion left that can be hated without running afoul of political correctness," says Drew Belsky at The American Thinker. Even the founding Fathers believed in God with half of them having a Divinity Degree.
Benjamin Franklin
Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Unites States Constitution
"Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshipped.
Here in Lake Worth, a city of 6 square miles, we have 35 houses of God and many just outside the city limits in Lake Worth. You would think that this would be the kindest place to live by default. Even though we, the over whelming majority of Americans, trust in God, we need our government to do the same and re-establish its importance.
Amen!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your story and for the quote pointing that it's alright to hate Christianity but that if you express hatred for any other religion, you are considered a bigot.
Christianity's beauty is it's a religion based on love.
"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches"
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"I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them."
"In the affairs of the world, men are saved not by faith, but by the lack of it."
Benjamin Franklin
I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being. ... I believe He is pleased and delights in the happiness of those He has created; and since without virtue man can have no happiness in this world, I firmly believe He delights to see me virtuous.
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Dealing with that quote specifically, you will NOT find an original source. It is taken out of context and misquoted to support the liberal and secular views. All research points to "The writings of Benjamin Franklin" being the origin, and you can see how it is misquoted now.
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When he narrowly escaped shipwreck and death upon the Cornish rocks near Falmouth Harbor, he wrote to his wife: "Were I a Roman Catholic perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint; but as I am not, if I were to vow at all it should be to build a lighthouse."
Hey Wes, writing at 11:58 a.m. Good try.
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