In God We Trust

Our forefathers intended for religion to be a part of our daily lives; many aspects in our society have traces to faith and religion. They incorporated God in many things such as dollar bills and government documents. Although America proclaims to be a nation that lives according to the well-known saying, “In God We Trust”, America has transitioned into a secular nation abandoning Christianity roots. God was the foundation of America when it was being established. Religion is essential to life and America has begun distancing itself from it. Despite Americans efforts to discredit religion, our ever day lives reflect religion. “In 2011, an Associated Press poll found that 8 in 10 Americans believed in angels — even 4 in 10 people who never went to church” (T.M Luhrman A27). It is wired in us to have faith in the invisble. “Scholars like the anthropologist Pascal Boyer, author of “Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origin of Religious Thought,” and the psychologist Justin L. Barrett, author of “Why Would Anyone Believe in God?” argue that the fear that one would be eaten by a lion, or killed by a man who wanted your stuff, shaped the way our minds evolved. Our hunter-gatherer ancestors were more likely to survive if they interpreted ambiguous noise as the sound of a predator. Most of the time it was the wind, of course, but if there really was danger, the people who worried about it were more likely to live.” (Luhrman A27). Some people believe that our tendency to search for things unseen has led to our belief in an invisible agent, or God. Religious practices such as praying and Bible reading were once incorporated in schools’ daily activities, but now they are deemed as inappropriate in schools that do not label themselves as ...

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...se in crime in children and adolescents- can be reversed by simply readopting our forefathers’ values and by beginning to reincorporate religion into our lives as it once was. Teaching our youth the value of religion will make them happier and the world a safer place.

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