Came across this interesting website:
What do you think?
http://www.lava.net/~hcssc/godlessmoney.htmlFor more than 10 years, I have spent only Godless dollars. Using a red pen or stamp, I mark a circle and slash over the word "God" (as pictured above) on every bill that passes my way. When I make a withdrawal from the bank ATM, I immediately "de-God" each of the crisp new $20s. When I spend the $20s, and receive $1s, $5s, or $10s in change, I "de-God" each bill before passing it along. No merchant or business has ever refused to accept this "godless" money.
I probably spend at least fifty "godless" bills per week. That adds up to more than 2,500 "godless" bills per year.
Assuming that each dollar bill changes hands at least 20 times in the life of the bill, I estimate that my "godless" money passes through at least 50,000 people per year. In the past 10 years, I have thus circulated enough ""godless" money to reach a half-million people.
I'm not the only person to "de-God" money. I have many friends who have adopted this practice, thus we are reaching countless millions of people with "godless" money. In fact, thousands of atheist citizens de-God their money on a regular basis, potentially reaching every American with our "godless" money.
If you believe in "God", you may be interested to know that "godless" money spends just as well as the "In God We Trust" variety. One would think, if there actually is an "Almighty God," that "godless" money would "miraculously" drop in value. Or those godless bills would not work in vending machines. Guess what? They spend just as well.
Is it legal? YES! It is perfectly legal to "de-God" your money.
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 18, PART I, CHAPTER 17 - COINS AND CURRENCY
Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System, with intent to render such bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt unfit to be reissued, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Simply marking a red circle and slash over the word "God" does not constitute "intent to render [the bill] unfit to be reissued." As evidenced above, the "godless" bills spend just was well as the religious denominations (pun intended
Most financial transactions in the United States are in fact conducted with "godless" money -- personal and business checks, credit cards, wire transfers, bank credits and debits, stocks, bonds, and the like. In fact, billions, perhaps trillions, in "godless" money changes hands every day.
So what does "In God We Trust" actually mean? Based on the facts, it means only that the government continues to maintain superstitious practices and paranoid acts that should have died along with McCarthyism. It means that the government does not actually support religious freedom. It means that the government continues to establish that monotheism, belief in one "Almighty God," is the de facto official religion of the United States.
God Bless America! One Nation, Under God.
Along with "In God We Trust" these ridiculous and unthinking statements are the hallmark of government in the United States.
As Americans evolve to reject religion and the ranks of atheism, agnosticism, and secular humanism continue to grow stronger, we may eventually achieve an enlightened government; one that supports the separation of state and church; one that respects the rights of individuals.
Until then however, let's just keep on spending that "godless" money….
What do you think?
