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All you said was basically "there were people from the long-ago-time who put "In God We Trust on our currency." You're not only not specifying what authority or basis those people had for doing so, you couldn't even bothered to say who they were. Why even get up in the morning if that's the sort of argument you're going to make?
That's so idiotic, because you were too lazy to even read the quote within the post you're referencing.
Below is the information again, and if you bother following the link I also provided in that post, it will enlighten you more.
You know, your response wouldn't look so ignorant if you bothered trying to be something more than just insulting.
The motto IN GOD WE TRUST was placed on United States coins largely because of the increased religious sentiment existing during the Civil War. Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase received many appeals from devout persons throughout the country, urging that the United States recognize the Deity on United States coins. From Treasury Department records, it appears that the first such appeal came in a letter dated November 13, 1861. It was written to Secretary Chase by Rev. M. R. Watkinson, Minister of the Gospel from Ridleyville, Pennsylvania, and read:
http://www.treasury.gov/about/education/Pages/in-god-we-trust.aspx