could be more important than to take a stand and declare loudly that yes we do indeed still trust in God. Now, more than ever, we need to turn back to God and put our trust in Him to help us with our problems. Does that mean that by doing so, He will make all of our problems go away? No, but He might inspire them with new ideas for fixing those problems. The newscaster stated that by passing this vote, our legislators were hoping God would solve all of the nation's problems for them. I personally don't think any such thing crossed their minds. The simple fact is that the United States of America was established as a place where individuals could worship freely and openly. It was established by God-fearing men who were opposed to the idea of a single state religion. But freedom of religion does not mean freedom FROM religion. That was never our founders' intention, but that is exactly what a very vocal minority in this country would like to see. They would like to have all mention of religion and God stricken from every public document and forum. Why? Because, having turned their backs on God, they don't want anything to remind them that they may be held accountable for that decision one day. But the United States of America is still a predominantly religious nation. The majority of Americans still do trust in God, by whatever name they choose to call Him. The newscaster this morning may have been offended by Congress' vote on our national motto, but I'm willing to bet that a fair number of Americans would have been equally offended at his lack of respect for the God they worship. I know I was.
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
In God We Do Trust
As I was driving to work this morning, the guy on the news program was talking about how the US Congress voted yesterday to reaffirm the motto "In God We Trust" that appears on all US currency. What struck me about this story was the mocking tone with which the newscaster presented it. He found it unbelievable that Congress would waste time on what was, in his opinion, a trivial matter. In these difficult times, he opined, isn't there something more important that Congress could be spending their time on? Did Congress really think that it would make one bit of difference whether they held this particular vote or not? Did they really think, he asked, that God would even take notice? My response to his derisive comments is that given these difficult times nothing 
could be more important than to take a stand and declare loudly that yes we do indeed still trust in God. Now, more than ever, we need to turn back to God and put our trust in Him to help us with our problems. Does that mean that by doing so, He will make all of our problems go away? No, but He might inspire them with new ideas for fixing those problems. The newscaster stated that by passing this vote, our legislators were hoping God would solve all of the nation's problems for them. I personally don't think any such thing crossed their minds. The simple fact is that the United States of America was established as a place where individuals could worship freely and openly. It was established by God-fearing men who were opposed to the idea of a single state religion. But freedom of religion does not mean freedom FROM religion. That was never our founders' intention, but that is exactly what a very vocal minority in this country would like to see. They would like to have all mention of religion and God stricken from every public document and forum. Why? Because, having turned their backs on God, they don't want anything to remind them that they may be held accountable for that decision one day. But the United States of America is still a predominantly religious nation. The majority of Americans still do trust in God, by whatever name they choose to call Him. The newscaster this morning may have been offended by Congress' vote on our national motto, but I'm willing to bet that a fair number of Americans would have been equally offended at his lack of respect for the God they worship. I know I was.
could be more important than to take a stand and declare loudly that yes we do indeed still trust in God. Now, more than ever, we need to turn back to God and put our trust in Him to help us with our problems. Does that mean that by doing so, He will make all of our problems go away? No, but He might inspire them with new ideas for fixing those problems. The newscaster stated that by passing this vote, our legislators were hoping God would solve all of the nation's problems for them. I personally don't think any such thing crossed their minds. The simple fact is that the United States of America was established as a place where individuals could worship freely and openly. It was established by God-fearing men who were opposed to the idea of a single state religion. But freedom of religion does not mean freedom FROM religion. That was never our founders' intention, but that is exactly what a very vocal minority in this country would like to see. They would like to have all mention of religion and God stricken from every public document and forum. Why? Because, having turned their backs on God, they don't want anything to remind them that they may be held accountable for that decision one day. But the United States of America is still a predominantly religious nation. The majority of Americans still do trust in God, by whatever name they choose to call Him. The newscaster this morning may have been offended by Congress' vote on our national motto, but I'm willing to bet that a fair number of Americans would have been equally offended at his lack of respect for the God they worship. I know I was.
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