Interest in adding "In God we trust" to our money began during the Civil war at least part to declare that God was on the Union side. In 1956 Congress passed a joint resolution to replace the existing motto with "In God we trust" partly motivated by a desire to differentiate between communism and Western capitalistic democracies. Neither action was because we actually trust in God. One was to tell the Confederates God was on the side of the Union the other to tell the communists God was on the side of the capitalists.
The phrase appears to have originated in the Star-Spangled-Banner written during the War of 1812 which most people do not realize since we do not sing all the verses. I guess events would be about 7 or 8 minutes longer if we sang all verses. The fourth stanza:
O, thus be it ever when freemen shall stand,
Between their lov'd homes and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
I have always thought it a bit odd that God would be on the side of the Colonies since we were rejecting his instructions to obey the government and give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar? Is it biblical to overthrow the government, violently or otherwise, especially one that is not violating any of his laws and precepts?
“There are three types of people when it comes to the future: those who will watch what happens, those who will make it happen, and those who will wonder what happened. Which will you be?”
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