My guess is the vote to remove "In God We Trust" from currency was never falling far to the "Yes, Remove it" side if these polls are "snapshot" of what MNBC readers are thinking at the time. This apparently urgent Fwd: has been going around for more than a week! (That's not a snapshot... that's a feature length film!)
It's more likely someone thought they could overwhelmingly show a desire to "keep God in our Lives" by passing on this message and link to "all Christians you know" whether they read MSNBC's site or not. After all, you can't get the results to see if your opinion is winning (yet) unless you cast a vote first. Duh? Perhaps, very early on, one side was slightly ahead and someone wanted to boost their side. Most athiests I know could care less about the slogan and where it's printed and very few religions truly reject the belief of a god (or several of them). Unless, maybe those radical Hindus are fighting for "In Gods We Trust." Either way, they got over 7,540,000 votes (total). 79-21% in favor of keeping it. Best regards, Friends! --Tod ---- Quadius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not really sure why you would limit this to only Christians. It seems > to me that there are a myriad of religions which trust in God. It may not > be the same God, but what does that really matter. > Just my two cents. > Quadius > PS to me it would seem like only atheists and possibly some people trying to > maintain the separation of church and state would argue about this, but I > could be wrong. Actually I probably am mistaken, but that's the way I take > it. > > On 8/25/08, Silas Shelburne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > -------------- Forwarded Message: -------------- > > From: "Karen Boyette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: MSNBC LIVE VOTE > > Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:44:46 +0000 > > > > Everyone please vote......... I just did and the people are voting IN > > GOD WE TRUST BE YANKED FROM OUR SYSTEM....... THEY ARE WINNING.......... > > > > > > > > * NBC was surprised?* > > > > *Here's your chance to let the media know where the people stand on our* > > *faith in God, as a nation. NBC is taking a poll on 'In God We Trust' to* > > *stay on our American currency. Please send this to every Christian you* > > *know so they can vote on this important subject.* > > > > *Please do it right away, before NBC takes this off the web page.* > > > > *MSNBC poll is still open so you can vote.* > > > > > > > > *http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10103521/* > > > > > >
