Eric7216
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Would you feel the same way if it were a satanist monument or a monument displaying verses from the Quaran? I'll bet you that the same fundamentalists fighting to keep the Ten Commandments up would be fighting tear it down if it were displaying something from any religion but Christianity.
The above quote was basically a story told by a National Park Ranger, a federal employee, to tourists in Hawaii. And in numerous National Parks, there are signs quoting Chief Seattle or someone with something like "The Earth is Our Mother and We must Honor Our Mother".Pele was born of the female spirit Haumea, or Hina, who, like all other important Hawai'i gods and goddesses, descended from the supreme beings, Papa, or Earth Mother, and Wakea, Sky Father. Pele was among the first voyagers to sail to Hawai'i, pursued, legends say, by her angry older sister, Na-maka-o-kaha'i because Pele had seduced her husband. Pele landed first on Kaua'i, but every time she thrust her o'o (digging stick) into the earth to dig a pit for her home, Na-maka-o-kaha'i, goddess of water and the sea, would flood the pits. Pele moved down the chain of islands in order of their geological formation, eventually landing on the Big Island's Mauna Loa, which is considered the tallest mountain on earth when measured from its base at the bottom of the ocean.
Of course, this stuff is religious nonsense (The earth clearly is not my mother) for most of us and non-believers like myself simply disregard it or enjoy the story. Not sure why so many people get so upset over the 10 Commandments but don't mind this other nonsense. I was raised as a Unitarian which has as a symbol the flaming chalice so that any flame, such as the Olympic torch, some emotional, religious strings for me but for others it is just a stupid thing burning.
But why do so many get so upset over silly things that provide comfort to others at no cost or pain to themselves? BTW, the 10 Commandments is more of a Jewish thing and there have been conflicts between Christians and Jews. Not sure how that establishes a religion.
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