"In God We Trust": What do some people mean by it?

Many Believers argue that "In God We Trust" is inscribed everywhere in America, therefore ALL Americans are Theists of the traditional sense.

I disagree.

Historically, all most all people of the world were following some "God, the Almighty", and the organized religions had a very strong influence in the day to day life of people.  However, at least since the days of Industrial Revolution (since early 1800s) this started changing to the point that nearly 2.5 billion people in the contemporary world don't think of this "God, the Almighty".  They don't worship any God.

In the US, I believe nearly 70-80% of the Americans have "lukewarm" reverence to "God, the Almighty" so much so during Christmas, these people think more of Santa Claus and his gift-giving than of Baby Jesus and attending the grand mass in the early hours of Christmas Day!

Yes, these people believe "In God We Trust" - not as a holy reverence to "God, the Almighty" but as a cultural link to the distant past - a feeling of Culture and History.

The situation is true both here in the US and other OECD countries (the developed world, some call this "The First World).

We need not say anything on this regard in what's happening in China and the former Soviet lands (the so-called Second World).

But, the developing world is totally different (the so-called Third World).  Here most people truly believe "In God We Trust", and in India nearly 1100 million people worship their Gods very regularly.

Nearly all of them are either poor or living in abject poverty.  They believe it's all due to their "Poorva Janma Karma" and "All this is Pre-Ordained, Nothing can be changed by human FREEWILL"

This bothers me a lot.

More later...

Cheers.