In God We Trust - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • A long-standing, irreverent joke slogan was co-opted as the title of Jean Shepherd's 1966 book, In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash.
  • In the movie Oh God, God (played by George Burns) says to his reluctant disciple Jerry Landers (John Denver), "Trust me. Like it says on the money."
  • In the 1994 remake of the film Miracle on 34th Street, the judge uses the phrase "In God We Trust" (and therein the government's implicit recognition of God) to justify ruling that Kris Kringle was, in fact, Santa Claus.
  • Hardcore punk Dead Kennedys titled a 1981 EP, In God We Trust, Inc., as a play on the phrase.
  • Christian glam metal band Stryper's third studio album is named In God We Trust.
  • An urban myth (wrongly) suggests that it was omitted from new U.S. dollar coins.

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