IN GOD WE TRUST

I'm tired of people saying stupid stuff and now knowing their history.

Our founding fathers did not put IN GOD WE TRUST on our money.

Nor was UNDER GOD part of the pledge of allegiance.

IN GOD WE TRUST didn't show up on our currency until after the Civil War.

UNDER GOD wasn't added to the Pledge of Allegiance until the 1950's with the McCarthy era and the anti-commie scare.

You read right... the 50's.

My grandmother can remember saying it without the UNDER GOD.

Our founding fathers were VERY serious about separation of church and state. They were VERY serious about religious freedom. That's because most of us had come over from Europe to escape religious persecution, only to have the different denominations begin to alienate each other over here too.

We are more of a religious freedom nation, then a Christian nation. Many of the founding fathers were actually Deists.

Just something to think about.