"In her heyday, Columbia represented everything good and just and kind about America. She was, in her own way, an avatar of The White Goddess ... the Moon Mother, an embodiment of poetry, transformation, and dreams for a wiser tomorrow. In America's mythic history, Uncle Sam only comes around when our young country is mouthing off and spoiling for a fight. Before that, when our military ambitions were dedicated only to defending the fragile dream of democracy, the spirit of the land was seen as a woman, this woman, Columbia, the Goddess of Democracy."
- http://www.flyingfists.org/archives/002942.html
2007-10-03 15:06:33 · 10 answers · asked by Orpheus Rising 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Hmmmmmm, I think that things might have been better if a Goddess of Liberty had been on our money rather than "In God We Trust" - and it's obvious from the Treasury Department website that at one time Lady Liberty was being considered:
"What I propose is that *instead of the goddess of liberty* we shall have next inside the 13 stars a ring inscribed with the words PERPETUAL UNION; within the ring the allseeing eye, crowned with a halo; beneath this eye the American flag, bearing in its field stars equal to the number of the States united; in the folds of the bars the words GOD, LIBERTY, LAW."
- From a letter dated November 13, 1861 to Secretary Chase by Rev. M. R. Watkinson, Minister of the Gospel from Ridleyville, Pennsylvania,
http://www.treasury.gov/education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.shtml
At least that way, the history-ignorant fundies would not keep using the "In God We Trust" thing as some sort of "proof" that America is a "Christian Nation" (which it is not and never was).
(Love the quote you posted. Too bad there's such vast ignorance about the uses of symbols here)
2007-10-04 04:03:20 · answer #1 · answered by Raven's Voice 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very interesting, though my impression is that Uncle Sam represents the Military and its strengths, and Columbia represents the home nation and its ideals.
2007-10-03 15:14:42 · answer #2 · answered by tacs1ave 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-20 04:55:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have an uncle named Sam
2007-10-03 15:12:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if the lack of appreciation for symbolism (in the answers above) is a symptom, or a cause.
2007-10-03 15:28:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Sam" a "goddess?"
mythic history?
the moon mother?
whoa, nellie! You have veered WELL of the road.
2007-10-03 15:27:07 · answer #6 · answered by n9wff 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Worshiping idols
2007-10-03 15:09:24 · answer #7 · answered by God is love. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our country's decline is more do to religious nuts influence on the government with genuine corporate greed.
2007-10-03 15:09:54 · answer #8 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes you have to admire sarcasm, not always!
2007-10-03 15:12:35 · answer #9 · answered by S.O.S. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
off your meds?
2007-10-03 15:13:03 · answer #10 · answered by 4warned 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋