Removing God from the Country

The Anti-God Movement's Attempt to Remove All Words Relating to God from State Buildings

Monique Finley
There is a new American pass time sweeping across courtrooms, state buildings, and classrooms. From California courtrooms to DC's Washington Monument, 'removing evidence of historical beliefs,' a pass time, involves the anti-god movement trying to eradicate "God" from historical markers and buildings. As a Wiccan, I find this practice horrifying. Heaven forbid someone should try to remove evidence of the Salem witch trials. This country whose beginnings go back further than the Pilgrims or Columbus. Haven't we erased enough American History? What do you know about the American Indian tribes? What do you know about pre-Columbus America? You can't erase history. All you can do is try to forget it or fight to understand it. I prefer understanding to erasing. Less likely to repeat atrocities when history is understood.

What I don't understand is why we want to waste precious tax dollars removing "Deo" and "God" from state walls. I'm sure Californians could use that money for recovering from the fires. Oh, that's right the words relating to God are gone and so is the money. And to think that the history of our country is slipping from our fingertips. I am not radical in my beliefs. I am not Christian. And while I would love to see "Goddess Bless America," I wont hold my breath, or demand a monetary recall so that the government can remove "God" from the last few dollars in circulation. Why waste tax payers dollars in an attempt to erase the truth of the short lived history of this country. Change the future, leave the past alone.

Keep church and state separate by simple means. Learn religious tolerance. Print a dollar bill that says, "Goddess Bless, God Bless, Allah Bless, Yahweh Bless, Buddah Bless and all others bless America" because this country needs all the help it can get. Nationalistic pride versus religious arrogance is a war with no winners, it's a path Hitler traveled and I hate to follow in that depraved man's footsteps.

As far as removing the bible from our schools, sure thing if you want a Nationalistic society conned into socialism. Then the question becomes: What Would Hitler Do? Anti-god activists are fighting a battle that is flawed by design. It harms American children to have the bible removed from classrooms. The bible is a good book. The first book. Children can read the bible without being taught to believe the bible. Teach your children what to believe and when they are old enough they will make their own decisions. I was taught the bible in school, while carrying lunch money that read "God Bless America" and I'm still Wiccan. Religion is a choice and our children should be taught many religions in the name of tolerance. Complete removal of religion, religious history and religious Latin mottoes is quite simply the step Hitler took when attacking Jewish religion.

I support the freedom of every religion and the freedom of education. Don't stop our children from knowing their own history. Leave "God" alone. Goddess bless the world.

Published by Monique Finley

Ms. Finley recently graduated from Centenary College. She writes poetry, essays, short nonfiction and fiction. She has written avidly since 1990. If interested in obtaining Ms. Finley s freelance services in...  View profile

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  • Ndie Bunley4/5/2012

    The bible says we should expect times like this, we are our worst enemies. Born a catholic prepared to die as one, I should expect all thiis games, old tricks of the devil as i call it, Sodom was destroyed by sulfur and fire because of Homosexuality, now the devil knows the end is comming, the question is how many souls can he claim before he is put in chains, God is spirit so we cannot remove him from schools. He dwells in the spirit of children. Even trees will praise his name, he doesn't need the supreme court.

  • Teila Tankersley10/15/2010

    Carmen wrote a song in 1962 they took God out of school, that is such a sad reality..... great article

  • Shaila Touchton12/14/2009

    School SHOOTINGS PROVE When You Take God Out You Invite The devil in.Christian Bashing - The Only Acceptable Form of Hate left in America...How about America Blessing GOD by Ending Abortions, TV filth & Violence, Etc...

  • Shaila Touchton12/14/2009

    How Can God Bless America when we Kicked HIM out of our Schools?

  • steve4/15/2009

    America's true identity has been hidden by our enemies!
    Our forefathers, wrote our Constitution, based on God's law.
    America was born in one Day July 4th 1776
    Isaiah 66, 7-8(King James Version)

    7Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child.

    8Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

    Did you know that President's Day was originally Washington's Birthday? Does anyone remember him? You Know The Father of our country. The man who defied a Tyrant at the risk of his own life and that of his family. The man who if caught would have been hung as a traitor because he knew that there was a higher authority than that of evil tyrannical rulers, an authority that everyone will eventually be accountable to! An authority that he often gave all the credit praise and glory f

  • steve4/15/2009

    You are about to read a list of 45 Communist goals that found their way down the halls of our great Capitol back in 1963. As you read this, 46 years later, you should be shocked by the events that have played themselves out.

    Communist Goals (1963) Congressional Record-Appendix, pp. A34-A35 January 10, 1963 Current Communist Goals EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January 10, 1963 . Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land,
    Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America. At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen: [From "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen] 1. U.S. acceptance of coexistenc

  • Katy Berezny1/9/2008

    this = your (on my article LOL)

  • Katy Berezny1/9/2008

    I appreciate this feedback. Coming from someone who once was Wiccan and now a born again Christian, one can appreciate this perspective. All it does is prove the power of God, because obviously He bothers a lot of people and they are trying to rid Someone that is omnipresent. :) Good read ;)

  • Lisa Horn12/26/2007

    I really enjoyed this article a lot. You are very right about erasing history. It takes a lot of strength from an individual to accept the past and work to improve it, not eradicate it. I grew up going to a Christian pre-school but I went through several stages (Atheism and Agnosticism) that led me to convert to Judaism. That is also proof that religion cannot be decided by your country.

  • Monique Finley11/23/2007

    Jack, I have read Homer. However, the first printed book was the Guttenberg Bible.

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