# America = Money + God

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-money-god/643675>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 11, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-money-god/643675 "2012-12-11T03:00:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-money-god/643675/21 "2012-12-12T18:22:23Z")

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> [@Maeglin](#):
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> These are the kinds of sites that the world loves to peddle to Americans. So this should come as no surprise. Did you visit any Roman irrigation works, roads, or public education facilities?

Sure, we saw some aquaducts (also an impressive engineering feat), plus the entire city of Pompei with what was left of it’s streets, shops, homes and brothels. But in terms of scale and technological achievement, the Colosseum is really in a class by itself.

And in any Renaissance city, the local duomo (cathedral ) is likely to be one of, if not the largest structure by several orders of magnitude.  
I think pretty much everyone from all over the world likes to see the Colosseum when they go to Rome.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-money-god/643675/22 "2012-12-12T19:05:44Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> So what about Americans’ supposed love affair with guns? Which one is that—a money issue or a God issue?

It’s about bringing people closer to God-_Really_ fast.

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