[Russell Scott]

After signing the American Declaration of Independence, the new Congress appointed a committee to design a great seal of the United States. Committeeman Thomas Jefferson suggested the seal should include the children of Israel in the wilderness, led day and night by cloud and fire. Committeeman Ben Franklin suggested a more fitting image would be Moses, dividing the Red Sea, and Pharaoh in his chariot being swamped by the returning waters.

And the motto: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God."

[qam1]

And the motto: "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God."

HUH? All the (for lack of a better word) "Heroes" in the bible were blood thristy tyrannts.

Just Look at Moses, Did you ever read the bible on what this guy did, He makes Saddam Hussien look like a pussycat. He is not a guy that goes along with good ole American values. After invading the Midianities (Numbers 31) and Amorites (Numbers 21) land unlike the USA with Germany, Japan, Iraq, etc. instead of rebuilding and helping out his fellow man he ordered the killing of all men, women and children except the virgin girls which he allowed (actually ordered) his solders to rape. So why on Earth would you people want a monument to this baby killer/child molester. It’s equivalent to having a monument to Hitler because he lowered unemployment and made the trains run on time

"The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."

George Washington, Treaty of Tripoli, 1796