I just got this in the mail...

[Lost-in-FL]

Subject: IMPORTANT: New Dollar Coin
Please help do this .. refuse to accept these when they are handed back to you ... I received one from the Post Office as change and I asked for a dollar bill instead. The lady just smiled and said "way to go", so she had read this e-mail ... please help out !! Our country is in enough trouble without this also !!!
U.S. Government to Release New Dollar Coins

You guessed it 'IN GOD WE TRUST' IS GONE!!!

If ever there was a reason to boycott something, THIS IS IT!!!!

DO NOT ACCEPT THE NEW DOLLAR COINS AS CHANGE

Together we can force them out of circulation.



Please Send to all on your mail list !!!




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[Deep13]

1. If god is so trustworthy, then they don't need money. nt

[qb]

2. Uh oh... this will definitely affect the Rapture Index

http://www.raptureready.com/rap2.html
:scared:

[moggie]

3. I'd like to help

If you accept any of these by mistake, just send them to me, and I'll dispose of them.

What on earth will these bozos find to feel persecuted about if they get the theocracy they want? :eyes:

[frogmarch]

4. Snopes says it's false

I got one of those emails a few months ago, so I checked Snopes, and surprise, surprise, it's false. Just another load of crap to keep the fundies in an uproar.

[moggie]

9. There were a small number which were accidentally minted without the edge inscription

I remember it being (reliably) reported at the time. Perhaps that's the source of this hoax? The funny thing is that those incorrectly milled coins are presumably collectors' items (assuming they actually went into circulation), and would be worth a lot more than a dollar each, so any of these poor, persecuted Christians who refused to accept one would be losing out. Would they change their mind if they realised that?

[progressoid]

11. Yep, they were hot on Ebay for a while

going for about $200 each if I remember correctly.

[NMMNG]

5. Damn they're gullible

:rofl:


How about we send out an e-mail telling them to send all of those godless coins to us? :evilgrin:

[immoderate]

6. Time line problems.

How do write an e-mail that includes incidents of people having read that same e-mail?

--IMM

[uberllama42]

7. I assumed that the self-reference was a comment added

as the culprit forwarded the original e-mail explaining how the Treasury Department is persecuting Christians. Just my damned rational brain trying to find a logical explanation again.

[immoderate]

13. On the other hand...

Have you ever seen "good luck" chain letters that describe the tragedies that befell people who broke the chain?

--IMM

[uberllama42]

14. I might have

I usually delete that kind of crap without reading it.

[John Gauger]

10. I know.

Logic means nothing to these people.

[uberllama42]

8. "In God We Trust" is engraved on the edge of each coin

http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/$1coin/index.cfm?action=Reverse

Unless there is some other new dollar coin that I'm not aware of, it looks like these fanatics are irate for absolutely no reason.

[progressoid]

12. The mint goofed on a bunch of them

They were a hot collectors item for a while. $200 each on ebay.



http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=7fffef04-f21f-40f2-8654-b739df6e3198&k=64770

U.S. $1 coins 'Godless' after mint error

'In God we trust' omitted: 'Have militant atheists infiltrated the U.S. Mint?'
Mary Vallis , National Post
Published: Monday, March 12, 2007


Americans may trust in God, but they may no longer trust the U.S. Mint.

An unknown number of new dollar coins commemorating George Washington's presidency have been released without the phrase "In God We Trust" lettered on their edges.

The "Godless" coins are already a hot collectors item, selling for more than US$200 each on eBay.

The Mint has struck 300 million of the coins but cannot say how many were released without the crucial inscription, which first appeared on two-cent coins in 1861. The agency says they were "inadvertently" placed into circulation on Feb. 15.

But some are suggesting the error may be part of a larger conspiracy to remove God from America's public life.

"Have the ACLU and the militant atheists infiltrated the U.S. Mint?" writes conservative columnist and blogger Tony Phyrillas.

[uberllama42]

15. "Crucial inscription"?

Could anything be more meaningless? The ACLU has much bigger problems than a stupid religious reference on our money.

Look! Over there! It's habeas corpus!

[John Gauger]

17. Oh man, I'm so jaded.

I can't even remember what it is that happened to habeas corpus. I recall it was taken away some time ago but I don't even remember anymore. It's all just one unending nightmare. How many days are left before it's over?

I remember being shocked that the Supreme Court gave Bush the Presidency, and thinking that things were going to be bad, but I had no fucking idea. I can't keep up with this shit any more. It's all too much. Last week I saw a thing on DU and was like, "Who's Don Siegalman?" I had completely forgotten about the prosecutor purge and the political prosecutions. I can't keep up with this shit.

I read a couple of weeks ago about a man who has not shaved since the day Bush took office. I remember my first thought was, "Oh, man, you knew then, didn't you?" I bet everyone who mocked him way back then feels pretty fucking stupid right now.

[progressoid]

18. habeas corpus?

What's that? Sounds like some sort of old fashioned thing.

[uberllama42]

20. Oh, it's just this quaint old legal principle

guaranteeing an accused person the right to hear charges against him/her in court. It was established back in 1215, but it went out of style.

[NMMNG]

16. You can read about that and more

at this funny blog I stumbled across recently. It's devoted entirely to those outrageous Christian chain e-mails that go around.

[charlie]

19. Congress listens to bozos like that

They recently mandated that new issues would carry our national stamp of showboating piety on the front or back. Yaaaay God!

[Deep13]

21. P.S.: New dollar coin just as worthless as old dollar bill. nt