To the editor:

In Erik Hoversten’s column “In gods some of us trust” in the Feb. 28th Daily, he has an unexamined and unclear message of god.

The majority of U.S. citizens know church and government are to be separate, but why change something that has been one way for many years? If it is not broken, don’t fix it.

When I looked at a coin the word god was in all capital letters, which doesn’t convey any one god over another.

The usual Christian spelling is by having the “G” capitalized. By having all of the letters capitalized does not put limits on the citizen to have one god in particular.

There are many types of religion that have some form of a god. This is not a type of conspiracy to lure the common people into the clutches of any certain religion.

Most forms of organized religion have some type of idol or object that is looked upon. The dictionary states god as a being or object believed to have supernatural attributes and powers and to require worship.

Most people have something they look up to and according to one of the more widely sold books of America, the word god fulfills this.

Why make this a problem when in most people’s eyes there is nothing wrong with it.

The majority of the people in the United States believe in some form religion where some person or object is looked upon with honor. Actually all religions should be honored to have the only form of money state on it their beliefs in only one little sentence.

Erik knows his history about the revolution of the church, but the message: why should the money that has been used for how many years be changed, never seemed to get out.

By adding more details and reasons why this should happen this column would be much more useful. Also, by looking at it from both directions might help lead the argument in a more positive manner.

Rebecca Pingel

Freshman

Special elementary education