Does anyone else find irony in the symbolism of "In God We Trust" emblazoned on our money?

Is this a rhetorical question or the catalyst to some line of questioning where one gets to reaffirm their disbelief in God? You already know there are people who will find irony in it because they do not believe in the God of ”In God we trust”. Those who have issue with the phrase can just say in their mind the god being spoken of is Zeus, Baal, Moloch, Ra, Osiris, or any other garden variety gods.

My question is not about “disbelief in God”, but rather which god matters. Or more bluntly, which god is it that everybody worships, like it or not?

@Hypocrisy_Central the irony is that God is on the money, of all places.

Good question, regardless of your belief or lack thereof.

No offense here, but I find it ironic that Americans (and some Europeans) seem to insert “God” on everything, from everyday conversation to government’s documents, while there is no indication which “God” that is, just like you say. The dollar bill is just one example. Not to mention America is a multi-cultural country, and to different people “God” can be different too.

The God-bombarding thing has formed a stereotype at least in my country that almost every Americans worship God, while my interaction here on Fluther and several other places seem to indicate the opposite.

^ The God-bombarding thing has formed a stereotype at least in my country that almost every Americans worship God, while my interaction here on Fluther and several other places seem to indicate the opposite.
Being ”in country”, so to speak, you get to see 1st hand how we Yankees are two-faced, delusional, hypocrites. This nation wanted to seem like a godly nation because maybe they thought as some do, it will get them a better seat to the hereafter or they would have better fire insurance, all the while they were slaughtering Native Americans, lynching African American and using Asian (mainly Chinese) as chattel to build the railroads. There might have been a nugget of God, (and everyone knew which God unless they were slow thinking) at some point, but it has long exit the building.

I trust that if God found my money inside a fish, that he would do the best he could to return it to me promptly… If my picture was on it.

No, just humour

”In God We Trust is the official motto of the United States. It was adopted as the nation’s motto in 1956 as an alternative or replacement to the unofficial motto of E pluribus unum, which was adopted when the Great Seal of the United States was created and adopted in 1782.[1][2]

“In God We Trust” first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864[3] and has appeared on paper currency since 1957. A law passed in a Joint Resolution by the 84th Congress (P.L. 84–140) and approved by President Dwight Eisenhower on July 30, 1956 declared IN GOD WE TRUST must appear on currency. This phrase was first used on paper money in 1957, when it appeared on the one-dollar silver certificate. The first paper currency bearing the phrase entered circulation on October 1, 1957.[4]

Some groups and people have expressed objections to its use, claiming it is a religious reference that should be removed from the currency, claiming that it violates the First Amendment.[5]”

Notes and references
[1] Annual report – American Civil Liberties Union, Volume 5. American Civil Liberties Union. 1951. Retrieved 1 May 2012. In 1956, an official national motto was adopted, “In God We Trust,” replacing the unofficial “E Pluribus Unum.”
[2] Refiguring Mass Communication: A History. University of Illinois Press. 24 March 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2012. He held high the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the nation’s unofficial motto, e pluribus unum, even as he was recoiling from the party system in which he had long participated.
[3] U.S. Department of the Treasury. (2011) “History of ‘In God We Trust’” http://www.treasury.gov. Last accessed 02–19-2012.
[4] U.S. Department of the Treasury. (2011) “History of ‘In God We Trust’” http://www.treasury.gov. Last accessed 11–6-2011.
[5] 12 Mar 2010 (2010–03-12). “Atheist in battle to remove ‘In God We Trust’ from US currency”. London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2014–02-04.

see also history

Yes, along with the money, the same crew saw fit to insert “under God” into the pledge of allegiance.

They thought the saying the founding fathers chose sounded Communist.