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Proposal: Emblazon belief in Creator on money
Amnon Meranda
Published: 27.07.09, 18:09
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1. In God We Trust
daat y ,   jerusalem   (07.27.09)
American paper money has'IN GOD WE TRUST.' printed.
2. Ancient Judean coins bore no such slogans
Jake   (07.27.09)
despite the fact that the people who minted them believed in God whole heartedly.
3. Believe
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (07.27.09)
We believe in the Babas, Baba Saly,Baba Kadury,Baba Rentgen,Baba Ovadia,Etc Etc.
4. First teach Benizre , Deri and others to believe ,
Charles ,   Petach Tikva   (07.27.09)
and not in money first .
5. #1....And All the rest we dont !!?. End.
Peace ,   TLV,Israel   (07.27.09)
6. Makes total sense!
gabriela ben ari ,   jerusalem   (07.27.09)
7. If I am not mistaken
Sagi   (07.27.09)
we live in a democracy and by law our country has two official languages. So it seems to me that if this stupid motion would be passed by Parliament then it would only be reasonable to expect our Arab citizens to demand that ALLAH HUAKBAR also be printed. How would the honorable member feel about this, I wonder.
8. We believe the Jehovah Jireh IS the provider,&that we are a
blessed nation. ,   Rueben, Israel   (07.27.09)
9. If....
David ,   Haifa   (07.27.09)
If this means that his party members and others will stop stealing ( I know, they are not the only ones, but one would expect that their belief is one extra reason to behave properly ), I am in favor of this absurd proposal. Otherwise, I would suggest to print "Thou shall not steal" on the bills instead.
10. ... poor guy, may G.d help him !!!
avi   (07.27.09)
11. great idea
gmail ,   israel,holon   (07.27.09)
12. Typical Masonic Farce
Abdel Karim Salim ,   Jerusalem - ISRAEL   (07.27.09)
That's typical of Masons who believe in a " Supreme Being " regardless of its specific name.Records tell that George Washington himself was a Mason .Even his co-"Founding Father " ( according to Yankees ) Thomas Jefferson wrote in the 1776 Declaration of Independence that " all people are created equal ... " & yet he retained female black slaves(he kept them deprived of freedom ) who bore him kids. Ironically Jefferson died bankrupt in disgrace! I see no need for useless cosmetics!
13. AWSOME!!!
KACH 613 ,   JUDAH, ISRAEL   (07.27.09)
I belive it is a woderfull idia!!! A memo to Tibi no one give a damn what you think you have no bussness being in Israel never mind the Knesset!!!!
14. Excellent idea
J.K. ,   Brooklyn USA   (07.27.09)
in the name of Democracy,believers and none believers alike, should have their own currency,the more,the better.
15. #1 yes but only since 1956 by act of congress
(07.27.09)
16. Link Jews with money.
Arn ,   Yehud, Israel   (07.27.09)
Good thinking. This will sure bring a smile of recognition to the face of every anti-Semite.
17. Maybe Shas should print this on their wallets
YC ,   New York   (07.27.09)
We need less monkey biz with the money and politics biz, not sure how to get it
18. #7 is spot on!
(07.27.09)
However, I believe that the closest phrase would be "La La Il Allah" (there is no God but God) But since my arabic isn't top level I would enjoy hearing from Arabic speakers on this one
19. Great a step in the wrong direction
Sam ,   ME   (07.27.09)
20. Is the other contribution of Shas?
Sidney ,   USA   (07.27.09)
Other than extorting money from whatever government it joins?
21. Why not "Some of us believe in a creator, some of us don't?"
Jacob ,   Cambridge, UK   (07.27.09)
This is bill is clearly an attempt to say "this is a state for those of us who are religious Jews; the rest of you - seculars, muslims, christians etc - are here only by our sufferance, and are second class citizens". That strikes me as a message that it is important the government does not endorse.
22. i dont trust god at all
music master   (07.27.09)
i trust music
23. $ha$ want to be the humor party
zionist forever   (07.27.09)
This is the party that does believe in money. The military, schools, hospitals they might get an annual budget cut but as everybody always needs $ha$ to put together a coalition if there is one thing you can be sure of and thats child support will go up up up. It allows all those nice haredim that people like Nissim Zeev represents to keep the huge families they cannot afford. Criticism & jokes aside I think in a country like Israel there should be something along the lines of We believe in the Creator on the money. If a secular state like America can write In God we trust on their money why not have along those lines in the jewish state? GO FOR IT
24. My highest respect, Mr. Zeev!
Drs. theol. D. R.K. ,   Germany   (07.27.09)
It is so rare among politicians, even in democracies, to utter an open confession. Therefore all respect for this idea! There is also a special point to it : In face of the global financial and economic crisis as well as the ethic decay due to an anti-divinbe humanistic anthropology , Jews and Christians alike do well to proclaim who is the Source of all we are and have as human beings, against all materialism which is idolatry and breaking of the First Commandment. I cannot understand how possibly such a stand as MK Zeev takes it can be despised from the outset, even attacking the MK himself. Attackers surely do not speak in the name of the Creator!
25.  Great idea #9
(07.27.09)
Every nation should print "Thou shall not steal" on their bills .
26. #3 don't froget baba buba
Yair   (07.27.09)
27. MK Nissim Zeev the knesset clown
Avi ,   Israel   (07.27.09)
it is my right to belive what i want and not for MK zeev to tell me what i belive in thankyou very much. Never miss a chance do they to force religion on others. All this from the knesset clown who apparently thinks earth quakes are caused by gay people. Well ive been practicing my tornado techniques and last night i must admit the earth did move but i just cant produce an earth quake on demand. Oh well pra ctice makes perfect.
28. money and bills , the centre of our life.
amnon   (07.27.09)
sad but .. hey look god the representation of total greed has got a dedication to you on it...kolhakovod.
29. Trying to improve on the Torah again are we?
Nick Sporek ,   Jerusalem Israel   (07.27.09)
I thought that's what the mazuzot and tzitzit are for but what do I know. And didn't someone already do this before us? Who is the "light unto the nations" if we copy somebody else's ideas?
30. $ha$: "Money and bills are the center of our life"....
Chaim ,   Jerusalem   (07.27.09)
If that ain't an understatement !!! HaShem stopped being their focus a long time ago.
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