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 Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:13 pm
#1 How the whole world counts time by BC AD why the hell are years meassured by ONE dude ...its insane! Sure he MAY HAVE done some good things? but come on if you ask me the church has WAY too much power evil
#2 Ever single U.S coin has "in god we trust" it may not be directly connected with christianity, but still what about athiests and its thier "THE SEPERATION OF CHURCH AND STATE" in the constitution! that has been totaly massacred and forgotten.
(ps sorry about my spelling i know it sucks!)
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 10:28 pm
For number 1, blame the catholic church. They held enough power for it to become standardised like that, and there is no will to replace it with another system.
For the second, the importance of the phrtase on the coins is symbolic. It doesn't really matter at all. Not on a practical level.
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 4:42 pm
redem For number 1, blame the catholic church. They held enough power for it to become standardised like that, and there is no will to replace it with another system. For the second, the importance of the phrtase on the coins is symbolic. It doesn't really matter at all. Not on a practical level. sure num 2 isnt really inportant but its annoying and shows what kind of county (i) live in..
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:38 am
It would probably be more annoying if I actually lived there, but right I think you need to pick your battles.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:57 pm
I agree with your first statement.
The second one, not so much. You see, it is "IN GOD WE TRUST" not "In God We Trust". This was well thought out by the currency guys. This was a small technicality allowing all people to worship their own god instead of believing in one, though many would argue the point. *needs a new keyboard* Their god is spelled with a Capital "G" while everyone elses god is not. *my keys are making me sad!! no apostrophes or arrows~!* emo
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:44 pm
Agreed. And not everyone is monotheistic. So "In God We Trust" might not be accurate.
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:46 pm
D_Marx I agree with your first statement. The second one, not so much. You see, it is "IN GOD WE TRUST" not "In God We Trust". This was well thought out by the currency guys. This was a small technicality allowing all people to worship their own god instead of believing in one, though many would argue the point. *needs a new keyboard* Their god is spelled with a Capital "G" while everyone elses god is not. *my keys are making me sad!! no apostrophes or arrows~!* emo What manner of computer do you use that has none of such keys?
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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:35 am
Selkie Mage D_Marx I agree with your first statement. The second one, not so much. You see, it is "IN GOD WE TRUST" not "In God We Trust". This was well thought out by the currency guys. This was a small technicality allowing all people to worship their own god instead of believing in one, though many would argue the point. *needs a new keyboard* Their god is spelled with a Capital "G" while everyone elses god is not. *my keys are making me sad!! no apostrophes or arrows~!* emo What manner of computer do you use that has none of such keys? A broken one?
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:52 am
Well they're all interesting concepts on why they put the said words on your currency. But from what I've heard from your president he doesn't believe the same thing.
AD and BC have more than one meaning, of which the others have momentarily slipped my mind. But I don't really have a feeling towards them it's convenient and would be too difficult to change them.
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Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2006 2:01 pm
redem Selkie Mage D_Marx I agree with your first statement. The second one, not so much. You see, it is "IN GOD WE TRUST" not "In God We Trust". This was well thought out by the currency guys. This was a small technicality allowing all people to worship their own god instead of believing in one, though many would argue the point. *needs a new keyboard* Their god is spelled with a Capital "G" while everyone elses god is not. *my keys are making me sad!! no apostrophes or arrows~!* emo What manner of computer do you use that has none of such keys? A broken one? A broken one. Every once in awhile it gives me guff. Firefox also likes to pull up the search tab at the bottom of the screen at random times.
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:21 pm
shadowpunk360 #1 How the whole world counts time by BC AD why the hell are years meassured by ONE dude ...its insane! Sure he MAY HAVE done some good things? but come on if you ask me the church has WAY too much power evil #2 Ever single U.S coin has "in god we trust" it may not be directly connected with christianity, but still what about athiests and its thier " THE SEPERATION OF CHURCH AND STATE" in the constitution! that has been totaly massacred and forgotten. (ps sorry about my spelling i know it sucks!) i agree with you, i'm aethist and thanks to our country's roots in chrisitanity, all or money and many of our buildings have religious refrences. I understand why, but i think the seperation of church and state should be more strongly enforced.
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Posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:24 pm
antiangel force shadowpunk360 #1 How the whole world counts time by BC AD why the hell are years meassured by ONE dude ...its insane! Sure he MAY HAVE done some good things? but come on if you ask me the church has WAY too much power evil #2 Ever single U.S coin has "in god we trust" it may not be directly connected with christianity, but still what about athiests and its thier " THE SEPERATION OF CHURCH AND STATE" in the constitution! that has been totaly massacred and forgotten. (ps sorry about my spelling i know it sucks!) and to the Ad Bc think as well as Pm and Am, they are latin words, and since 50% of our language is base din latin, it really isn't that much of a problem.
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Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2006 5:43 am
I don't like American currency because of it's innacuracy. 'IN GOD WE TRUST'? Who the hell is 'we'?
But I'm pedantic, so acknowledging this, I don't get too up in arms about it.
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Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 3:04 am
Ok i do agree with you about the AC BC thing but dose having the words "In God We Trust" printed on our money really affect you that much? I didn't think so, so stop your bitching, crack open a beer, sit back, relax, and enjoy some TV.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 3:37 pm
It's not used often, but there is an alternative to AD - BC
Basicially CE and BCE
Common Era, and Before Common Era.
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