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ieoeja

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41. You do *not* want to go into the Capitol Rotunda in D.C.
Fri Mar 16, 2012, 05:06 PM
Mar 2012

The entire rotunda is copy of the Temple to Vesta (think: Vestal Virgins). For 150 years it held an enternal flame in the center.

There are 13 pagan gods protrayed in the artwork.

The ceiling is called the Apeothesis of Washington which means "Washington's elevation to Godhood" and protrays that very act.

Washington laid the cornerstone while dressed in full Masonic regalia.

Yes, you will find Moses the lawgiver. But he is just one of many such lawgivers protrayed from other religious and secular backgrounds.

Article 11 of the Treaty of Tripoli: "As the United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion...". Approved unanimously by the Senate as one of this fledgling nation's first treaties. Many of those Senators were Revolution War veterans, authors of the Constitution, etc.

The list goes on.

I have absolutely no idea where you got the idea that "our nation was founded on God." But you really need to re-think to whom you are listening on that subject. You have been led wildly astray from the truth. For one thing, had we been founded on God, we would have remained in the British Empire. Their King, after all, ruled by Divine Right.

God appoints Kings. People elect Presidents. Democracy by definition is a break from religion.


It's a pity to see... GopperStopper2680 Mar 2012 #1
troll? FLAprogressive Mar 2012 #2
Take a wild guess. nt hifiguy Mar 2012 #7
Doesn't look like it. JoeyT Mar 2012 #35
Whose version of God? Aerows Mar 2012 #3
The military has no business sponsoring these religious events. Mumble Mar 2012 #4
+1000000 Initech Mar 2012 #23
They're not all evangelical Xtians either. hifiguy Mar 2012 #6
HUH???? bongbong Mar 2012 #10
Hmmm really nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #13
And not all of them are theists. Ineeda Mar 2012 #14
LOL! SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #15
The Founding Fathers were Deists - look it up. "God" yes but not the Trinity underpants Mar 2012 #17
What you believe NEVER existed fascisthunter Mar 2012 #18
Show me where the Constitution mentions God. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2012 #20
The United States is the result of hydrogen atoms and 13.7 billion years. n/t Gore1FL Mar 2012 #21
Obviously, you've never read the Constitution. Mariana Mar 2012 #22
Delusional claptrap. Ikonoklast Mar 2012 #26
Hey GopperStopper2680 -- Take a look at these quotes from the founding fathers: Arugula Latte Mar 2012 #29
Thank you for these quotes. They will come in handy. I'm so sick of all the Christians bullying the lib_wit_it Mar 2012 #44
and not all are Christians, either. tonybgood Mar 2012 #32
If our nation was "founded on God" _ed_ Mar 2012 #33
You do *not* want to go into the Capitol Rotunda in D.C. ieoeja Mar 2012 #41
K/R Dawson Leery Mar 2012 #5
But we're gettin' real close. trof Mar 2012 #16
We will never be a free and inclusive nation until Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2012 #8
False Equivalence bongbong Mar 2012 #11
Jeez, that phrase is about beat to death. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2012 #12
+1 Jamaal510 Mar 2012 #25
More FAIL from you bongbong Mar 2012 #30
Why should anyone be stopped from participating in legitimate event? Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2012 #34
Twisting bongbong Mar 2012 #37
Um, I'm an atheist. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2012 #38
asdf bongbong Mar 2012 #39
"if they try to force their ideas on me I get offended." Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2012 #40
asdf as always bongbong Mar 2012 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author freshwest Mar 2012 #9
'Christian Fighter Pilot'...damn. What happened to the 'mystique'? trof Mar 2012 #19
same here gejohnston Mar 2012 #27
The evangelicals have been very, very busy at the AF Academy jeff47 Mar 2012 #36
I'm still puzzled trof Mar 2012 #43
Thanks for posting. It's the Constitution they take an oath to, not bjobotts Mar 2012 #24
This is what happens when the Air Force Academy has allowed the evangelica ministers on to southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #28
Can SGT Griffith gejohnston Mar 2012 #31
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