Funny thing. Look up the origins of the goddess Columbia and her importance (Reply #128)

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Sat Jan 30, 2016, 09:38 PM

128. Funny thing. Look up the origins of the goddess Columbia and her importance

to the District of Columbia. The founders made up a goddess because they wanted to mirror some of the governing principles of the natives which were thought to be good ideas. Literally a false idol to watch over our government. I just learned about it recently and am amazed at that because it is an absolute refutation of the thumpers who claim we were founded as a christian country.

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165 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why does every religion on the planet [View all]	malaise	Jan 2016	OP
Yes, it is. And not every. I'm Wiccan.	TDale313	Jan 2016	#1
Have you heard of Diane Stein ?	BlueJazz	Jan 2016	#16
Doesn't Mary . . .	Depaysement	Jan 2016	#2
I dunno, maybe we should ask	temporary311	Jan 2016	#3
Yes I know the Catholic hierarchy is sexist	Depaysement	Jan 2016	#5
So it's an "awesome revelation"	Mendocino	Jan 2016	#9
Oh spare me	Depaysement	Jan 2016	#25
Why not answer the question?	lunatica	Jan 2016	#86
I did	Depaysement	Jan 2016	#123
And of course she was a virgin when she gave birth to Jesus.	smirkymonkey	Feb 2016	#159
That is a different issue though	treestar	Jan 2016	#34
"women in inferior positions" is the issue of the OP (nt)	muriel_volestrangler	Jan 2016	#95
No	Mendocino	Jan 2016	#4
Zero	Depaysement	Jan 2016	#6
Have you forgotten Pope Joan?	Jim Lane	Jan 2016	#125
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jan 2016	#8
Only because she was a virgin.	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#15
Well they said she was a virgin but since there was no artificial insemination back then	malaise	Jan 2016	#18
What's even more misogynistic is the idea of original sin.	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#21
That right there	abelenkpe	Jan 2016	#27
Not a single one of my friends stayed in the Church after they were old enough to leave.	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#30
Only one of my siblings raised her sons Catholic	malaise	Jan 2016	#57
Who needs the additonal guilt?	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#60
Original sin is corrosive and abusive.	Manifestor_of_Light	Jan 2016	#58
Very well said! Wish I could rec this post!	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#64
Thank you, kind fan. The Christians have no good answer for me on that.	Manifestor_of_Light	Jan 2016	#69
Walking away is the best policy	Warpy	Jan 2016	#78
I had profound doubts about that nonsense by the time I was 10.	hifiguy	Jan 2016	#83
Excellent post	malaise	Jan 2016	#140
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Feb 2016	#155
Yep - I think the only person ever blamed for everything more than women	malaise	Jan 2016	#33
THANKS Obama!	randys1	Jan 2016	#66
+1000	smirkymonkey	Jan 2016	#138
+ a brazilian!!!	hifiguy	Jan 2016	#48
"Virgin" is a mistranslation of "young woman".	Manifestor_of_Light	Jan 2016	#90
Or they said she was a young woman	truebluegreen	Jan 2016	#130
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jan 2016	#37
Hold yourself to a decent standard	malaise	Jan 2016	#38
He's dead, Jim!	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#39
I was going to add - have a good life	malaise	Jan 2016	#40
I think we've had a "divine intervention "	Mendocino	Jan 2016	#41
Hehehehehhe	malaise	Jan 2016	#44
I just don't know my place!	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#42
That damn Mary	Mendocino	Jan 2016	#51
The RCC: proudly shaming women for over 1000 years.	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#54
Goes back to Eve	Mendocino	Jan 2016	#61
Yep, it was all HER fault!	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#62
They get older,	Mendocino	Jan 2016	#67
Some break free, more than a few DUers were raised as fundamentalist Christians.	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#68
Point taken	Mendocino	Jan 2016	#113
Nope, it's not but they've made it their modern day crusade and they have the numbers to wage it.	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#115
I agree	Mendocino	Jan 2016	#118
Yes, many do but the only one powerful enough here to affect laws is Christianity.	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#119
Your facts are wrong. Again.	rug	Jan 2016	#73
Catholic Church and the politics of abortion:	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#79
"The RCC was behind every law restricting access to birth control, women's health clinics and	rug	Jan 2016	#82
Every recent law, splitting hairs about how involved the RCC is in restricting my rights?	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#85
Knowing the facts is not splitting hairs. And the issue is far greater than "your" rights.	rug	Jan 2016	#93
Anyone who feels he needs to defend the Church from its victims is no ally.	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#94
Has someone ordained you to declaim who is or who is not an ally of whatever you think you're doing?	rug	Jan 2016	#99
Oops, missed one: Catholic dominance over hospitals endangers women	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#100
Oh, you've missed much more than that.	rug	Jan 2016	#101
The Church frames it as a religious war, rug and they wage it every day.	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#104
They frame their position as religious doctrine.	rug	Jan 2016	#105
There it is! The word "religious", thanks for admitting that religion is the source.	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#106
Read the post again.	rug	Jan 2016	#108
The Vatican's War on Women:	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#109
There's the monomania again.	rug	Jan 2016	#110
Another uppity woman speaks: Beatriz Case Reveals Catholic Hierarchy’s War on Women	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#111
Your disregard of Pelosi suggests yorur real target here is not women's rights at all.	rug	Jan 2016	#112
My focus is the Church's war on women and guess who's leading the charge?:	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#114
And Pelosi's focus is on keeping the laws on the books and enforced.	rug	Jan 2016	#116
Annie Laurie Gaylor is pretty credible, she speaks for me:	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#117
That's a matter of opinion. Every pronouncement is through the lens of FFRF.	rug	Jan 2016	#120
You asked and I answered, my opinion is just as valid as Nancy's and counts for more than yours.	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#121
Let me guess. Your opinion counts for more than mine because . . . .?	rug	Jan 2016	#122
+1000	smirkymonkey	Feb 2016	#160
More: "Thank the Catholic church for terrifying abortion restrictions in Latin America"	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#107
Rightwing Watch: The Personhood Movement: Internal Battles Go Public	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#96
More facts for you: Do Bishops Run Your Hospital?	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#97
More anti-Catholic bias, this time from the ACLU:	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#98
There is a very clear war on women	malaise	Jan 2016	#141
Yes there is, and it's escalated significantly.	beam me up scottie	Jan 2016	#142
They won't win that one	malaise	Jan 2016	#143
And it's about as much of a secret	hifiguy	Jan 2016	#153
LOL	malaise	Jan 2016	#154
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jan 2016	#146
Isn't that because of her virgin status?	loyalsister	Jan 2016	#56
mary is seen as a saint and a very special one	restorefreedom	Jan 2016	#74
She might outrank Joseph.	Ino	Jan 2016	#152
You need to go to Venus for women to play a dominant/equal role.	valerief	Jan 2016	#7
"When 'God' was a Woman"	Donkees	Jan 2016	#10
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thank you for mentioning this book.	truedelphi	Jan 2016	#71
"The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets" is also excellent	Donkees	Jan 2016	#84
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jan 2016	#11
Prajnaparamita --The Perfection of Wisdom	Donkees	Jan 2016	#12
Yes there are female bodhisattvas (enlightened beings) in Buddhism.	Manifestor_of_Light	Jan 2016	#81
i think so	barbtries	Jan 2016	#14
We went to a funeral service this morning	malaise	Jan 2016	#17
Most religions are about divine approval of whatever TPTB want ...	eppur_se_muova	Jan 2016	#19
Actually ancient religions gave women a prominent place	nichomachus	Jan 2016	#20
It is because most religions developed out of primitive socieities	Kurska	Jan 2016	#22
It's not like that in Unitarianism. nt	GliderGuider	Jan 2016	#23
Yes, and UUs are not Christian anymore.	Manifestor_of_Light	Jan 2016	#65
My Church	JustAnotherGen	Jan 2016	#75
nor in the Society of Friends. n/t	eShirl	Jan 2016	#126
Until this year, The Presiding Bishop of the U.S. Episcopal church was Katharine Jefferts Schori...	Journeyman	Jan 2016	#24
Twelve U.S. presidents have identified as being Episcopalian . . .	Journeyman	Jan 2016	#47
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jan 2016	#26
Not every, just the loudest and most visible	Rebkeh	Jan 2016	#28
No.	kwassa	Jan 2016	#29
Well that is true but they feed each other n/t	malaise	Jan 2016	#36
Pretty sure you have that backwards	Lordquinton	Jan 2016	#45
The indigenous people would not give up their goddesses.	Manifestor_of_Light	Jan 2016	#70
Funny thing. Look up the origins of the goddess Columbia and her importance	Promethean	Jan 2016	#128
and because many of the indigenous	hopemountain	Feb 2016	#156
I disagree	kwassa	Jan 2016	#72
Yep, the Romans were masters at pragmatic co-opting	hifiguy	Jan 2016	#87
It is because they originated in patriarchal societies.	Odin2005	Jan 2016	#31
I think that's true for most institutions - the views of the dominant class prevail	malaise	Jan 2016	#49
And they are codified in texts considered to be hand made by God, backward norms made sacred	Bluenorthwest	Jan 2016	#76
It does seem to be a common feature of ancient civilization	treestar	Jan 2016	#32
Seriously, there is a simple answer	Depaysement	Jan 2016	#35
Not every	EdwardBernays	Jan 2016	#43
It is certainly one if humanity's	hifiguy	Jan 2016	#46
Same here	malaise	Jan 2016	#50
"The bible is my favorite book of fiction"	Mendocino	Jan 2016	#52
Unfortunately it's the only book many persons have read	malaise	Jan 2016	#55
I had a co-worker who considered reading anything	Mendocino	Jan 2016	#63
Wow, what a narrow-minded person	smirkymonkey	Feb 2016	#161
Objectively speaking, that is about as profoundly	hifiguy	Jan 2016	#89
Yes indeed	malaise	Jan 2016	#136
In addition to Wicca, Unitarian Universalism does not.	KamaAina	Jan 2016	#53
Not all religions.	Cleita	Jan 2016	#59
Not arguing but that is not how the Native American women are portrayed	doc03	Jan 2016	#80
"In the movies"...	Curmudgeoness	Jan 2016	#91
The dictionary definition of the word squaw is "an American Indian Women". Had no idea	doc03	Jan 2016	#133
Movies made by men, mostly white men.....	Grey	Jan 2016	#92
Movies? Of course one must base all one knows about First Nations people on movies.	Cleita	Jan 2016	#103
Because all Abrahamic religions were started by men.	smirkymonkey	Jan 2016	#77
But the Hindu religion is not Abrahamic	malaise	Jan 2016	#137
Well, hell, it BEGAN IN THE BIBLE.	onecent	Jan 2016	#88
TPTB are also killing the planet AKA "Mother" Nature. They really hate women. nt	valerief	Jan 2016	#102
Modern societies where women rule	OxQQme	Jan 2016	#124
This brush is so broad that it must need a crew to move it.	guillaumeb	Jan 2016	#127
Not all do.	H2O Man	Jan 2016	#129
Well, not picking on Eastern religion here just Western	Rex	Jan 2016	#131
I see the relegation of women to lesser roles not as a crux so much,	Half-Century Man	Jan 2016	#132
It's easier to justify injustice if you are guided by an invisible being whose will only you know	DFW	Jan 2016	#134
Profound	malaise	Jan 2016	#145
I wish it were posted at the Capitol and at the EPA	DFW	Jan 2016	#147
Quakers have never had women as other than equal.	quaker bill	Jan 2016	#135
Quakers were a very progressive religion particularly with the regard to the	malaise	Jan 2016	#139
Friends Comittee on National Legislation	quaker bill	Feb 2016	#157
I know about Susan B.Anthony - a great woman	malaise	Feb 2016	#158
Because almost every religion codifies the existing power structure. eom.	Bad Thoughts	Jan 2016	#144
I think it's more like the power structure adopting and adapting what suits them	malaise	Jan 2016	#148
Yes. It's the outward show of the crux. The crux can be ferreted out. One theory is Marilyn French's	ancianita	Jan 2016	#149
There are now women Buddhist monks	yuiyoshida	Jan 2016	#150
It's age-old	Tab	Jan 2016	#151
Nice post	malaise	Feb 2016	#163
Yes and Yes	madokie	Feb 2016	#162
Because every religion is copied after earlier ancient religions.	B Calm	Feb 2016	#164
Most of the ones that have gained and retained power were made up for that very reason.	Arugula Latte	Feb 2016	#165

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