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It is written on our money...(US)

It is in our pledge of allegiance...(to the flag, US)

But both of those were added during the last century...

It wasn't included originally in the pledge or on our currency...

why not?

http://christianity.about.com/od/independenceday/a/foundingfathers.htm

Because our forefathers discussed it repeatedly and we are NOT a Christian nation, NOT a theocracy.
 
Treaty of Tripoli 1797. (Wiki)

Art. 11. "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen [Muslims]; and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan [Muslim] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."

You reckon that language would be used in any treaty today? History is...
 
Both words are German variations....our early nation had a large German influence and at one time were about to vote on what should be our language...the urban legend is that English won by one vote, the truth is that the vote to bring it to a vote lost by one vote, so there was no vote to change determination...

anywho...Mussulmen, meant Muslim, and Mahometan, meant follower of Mohamed, by the 1900's they fell out of favor as our word for Muslim, but continued as derogatory words for Muslim...no evidence that was the case in the 18th century.
 
Ok...so I found sons of liberty...history channel? looks interesting. (but how did you edit? I have yet to figure that out)
 
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