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Reply to "Atheists Sue to Kill D.C. 'In God We Trust' Engraving"

Notice I am only responding to an oft repeated Christian conservative lie.

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No mention of God
Published: Friday, July 17, 2009 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 4:16 p.m.
Letter writer Gene Blazer, "Facts speak for themselves," July 1, claims that, "Our Founding Fathers designed our America with a belief in God." The text of our governing document, the Constitution, however, makes no mention of God, Christ or Christianity. In fact, the First Amendment gives us the right to ignore four of God's commandments by: worshipping other gods or no god, failing to keep the Sabbath holy, making graven images and blaspheming.

"In God we trust" is not a slogan created by our Founding Fathers. Many of the founders were deists who believed in a god of reason and nature. They rejected the concept of supernatural revelation from a deity who interfered in the affairs of humans. It would have been difficult for these deists to trust in a god who:
saddled us with sin because His first humans innocently ate a piece of fruit.
sanctioned a cruel human sacrifice in a failed attempt to relieve us of this sin.
created a world replete with disease, natural disasters and hungry children.
"designed" a savage, predatory system of survival for his animal kingdom.
went into a rage, drowning innocent man and beast when people displeased him.
condoned slavery, sexism, intolerance, mass murder, rape and plunder.
has allowed humans to burn, torture, fine and imprison in His name.
as an act of "love" gave the Nazis "free will," then stood by as they murdered 6 million Jews.
condemns to eternal ****ation America's best and brightest, e.g., Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, Warren Buffet, because He cannot convince them that he exists;
needs governmental help in coaxing us to acknowledge him.
advised our president to wage an ill-conceived war of aggression.
cannot defeat Satan and evilness.
and allows animal and human suffering to persist.

David N. Miles
Orange Beach

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