In God We Trust

This is a very touchy topic for many American Christians. I think the touchiness come from a misconception. Many people believe that that motto has always been on American currency, but this is untrue. The motto was first printed in 1864, and was made official by congress until 1956. Look at those dates and what comes to mind (American Civil War and The Cold War)? This saying is actually used as propaganda during war time. The first was used during the Civil War to try to polarize the people of the Country. Then the US government wanted to paint the USSR as a godless nation; because the USSR had a complete secular state. The question is should we still have the Motto “In God We Trust” on our currency. This is a really hard question to answer. On one side, the majority of our nation is Christian. On the other hand, we do have a freedom of religion (this does not only apply to a believe in a god, but also apples to NO belief in ANY god). Also, the majority of American Currency is held by foreign entities and should we take there opinion into consideration. Well hear is my answer to this question. This may come as a surprise to may of you as I am an Atheist. I think the motto should stay on our currency, but I think the true origin of that motto should be thought in our school. In all my years of primary school and even College level history/poly sci class this fact is never mentioned. I always made of point of this, but it was never in the book or curriculum. Why are we hiding this, are we ashamed of it? What is your opinion please comment.

P.S. Sorry I ahve not posed in a few days. I leave for vacaton on Monday, Aug 11, and have been working alot of hours this week to make up for a week of vacation.