[Ken]

When I first encountered American currency I felt uneasy when I realised that a government which I had supposed was rather like our own in many respects (secular, democratic, upholding of freedom of the individual, and administering a multi-cultural society) professed to placing its trust in some undefined supernatural being of unproved existence. Even though I am a citizen of another country I just couldn’t help feeling disappointed and mildly affronted. How, therefore, must many Americans feel? Perhaps the fact that Australia was originally colonised by convicts, soldiers, fortune seekers and government administrators, and not by religious refugees, helps explain this particular difference between our two countries. If an individual wants to believe in a god or gods, okay, but citizens are surely best served by a government which makes decisions based on the best available facts, and is influenced as little as possible by unsubstantiated beliefs. It is disturbing to consider the history of Christianity. Although Islam is the most dangerous religion of the current era, not so long ago Christians delivered more torture and terror to the world than any other religion prior or since. That is why it is unsettling to see that the US government expresses what is essentially a fundamentalist religious standpoint, and purports to hold this standpoint on behalf of all its citizens. While governments cannot help but offend many of their citizens from time to time, references to god are often offensive and always unneccessary.

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Name : Ken, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 59, City : Mount Gambier, State : NA, Country : Australia, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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