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Great Britain

Great Britain
posted by em_harris 15 years ago
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    Anonymous
    / 10 years ago

    And yet on all the obverse of British Commonwealth coins there's a picture of the Sovereign with the inscription "D.G. Rex" (if a king) or "D.G. Regina" (if a queen). The "D" stands for "Dei" or God. (In other words, King or Queen by the Grace of God). Most Americans may trust a god, but don't believe that one should determine a hereditary head of state. Who's greater now?

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      Anonymous
      / 10 years ago

      I'm going to say Britain.

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    Anonymous
    / 12 years ago

    Oh God. So much ignorance. So much stupidity in this comments section. "The promotion of Darwin as a radical atheist seeking to refute the Bible is idiotic". It doesn't say that ANYWHERE in this picture, or this caption. Americans still can't accept evolution over creationism, but Britons can, that's the point. Don't believe me? Look up the statistics. Britain largely accepts science over religion. The USA largely does not. The UK national anthem has been "God save the queen" for a very, very, very long time. Not changing the national anthem doesn't automatically make you a Christian nation. Putting "In God we trust" on your notes (which was quite a recent addition to the note in fact) means that Christianity is a very large part of your politics. When it comes to science and religion, the USA is behind the UK. Sorry, but that's just the way it is, creationism barely exists here. "God save the Queen" is just a relic of an older century when the vast majority of Britons were Christian by default.

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    Anonymous
    / 14 years ago

    Another thing to note is that £10 is worth more than $10. Just saying.

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    Anonymous
    / 14 years ago

    funny....charles was christian

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    Anonymous
    / 14 years ago

    God saves the Queen.....even worse

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    Anonymous
    / 14 years ago

    And the voyage of the Beagle(ya know the ship that lead him research evolution due to his finding on the voyage) was funded by?

    Yeah, that is ironic.

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    Anonymous
    / 14 years ago

    If you flip that $10 bill over, you will see that it has a picture of Alexander Hamilton with his name, in a style very similar to the Charles Darwin picture. Meaning that the British pound isn't replacing the words "in God we trust" with Charles Darwin, it's simply a separate part of the bill. Comparison fail.

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    Anonymous
    / 14 years ago

    Haha sorry but the English do still use pounds, poorly educated.

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    Anonymous
    / 14 years ago

    because the words charles darwin look a lot like great britain. greater......

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    Anonymous
    / 14 years ago

    Sam, Darwin began as a Christian but throughout his life grew increasingly skeptical. By the time of his death he no longer attended church, instead choosing to walk around the block whilst his wife and kids were at church. He wasn't god hating, but it's exceptionally misleading to call him "Christian".

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    Anonymous
    / 14 years ago

    And it's somewhat difficult to take memes like this in jest when Great Britain's national anthem is "God Save the Queen." The irony is simply overwhelming.

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      Anonymous
      / 14 years ago

      It's actually quite unpopular and there have been many calls to replace it (ironically with 'Jerusalem'...)

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    Anonymous
    / 14 years ago

    Would be funny, except Darwin was a Christian and his research never questioned the existence of a supreme being. The promotion of Darwin as a radical atheist seeking to refute the Bible is just as idiotic as people trying to use the Bible to explain Darwinism.

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      Anonymous
      / 10 years ago

      His ideas are the foundation for the theory evolution. This changed a lot of things in how we see the world. He doesn't have to be an atheist to have ideas that are generally associated with non-religious people.

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