If the US is found one nation under God, then why so many symbols that say otherwise? There are symbols that go back to ancient Babylon (statue of Liberty for one), not to mention the pyramid/all-seeing eye and symbol of Molech (an owl), on the one dollar bill. As well as pentagrams and a symbol of Molech drawn right into the roads and streets of DC. Am I one of the only people that see this?
2006-10-10 06:47:48 · 6 answers · asked by infinati11 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, I've been noticing it for quite some time.You also forgot to mention the owl is the symbol of the Greek Goddess, Athena.
2006-10-10 06:53:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes we can read too much meaning into symbols. For instance, the cross was a pre-christian symbol, representing the religion of Tau. That doesn't mean that people who wear crosses today are following that religion!
The statue of liberty was a gift from France to the United States. France had collected a lot of imagery and symbols from the past that changed in meaning over the years. I'm not familiar with the symbol of Molech, but the same would apply. Some symbols turn me off beecause what the originally represented, that doesn't mean the represent that for people today.
As far as being one nation under God, that's a beautiful phrase. I am not too sure what it means as the United States of America was established as a secular state, following the example of the Republic of France. Thomas Jefferson rejected the miraculous, in fact he rewrote the New Testament excluding everything overtly supernatural! I don't know what all the other fathers of the republic believed, but I think there was quite a variety. While Ben Franklin was very respectful of christianity and held a high opinion of the preacher George Whitefield, he was not himself a believer. Those are the only two of whom I can say I know something of their beliefs.
Faith is an individual responsibility. I am not a Christian because of what some great man 300 yrears ago believed or disbelieved, and I am not a Christian because of what my country professes to be or not be. I am a Christian because of my own personal relationship with God.
2006-10-11 05:58:57 · answer #2 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Study up on the Masons. all the first presidents where masons.a lot of symbols are from the masonic order, still fairly prevalent to this day. in governments functions and rituals.
2006-10-10 06:52:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The phrase under god wasn't in government until the 1950's., the other stuff was here long before that.
2006-10-10 06:52:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
and who said that has anything to do with god or religion? statu of liberty is in no way connected to god or his beliefs. Neither was Pyramids.
2006-10-10 06:52:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no
2006-10-10 06:50:40 · answer #6 · answered by norm s 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋