So we are a Christian Nation, no relief portrait of Jesus in the House

[Penelope]

Note the date it was redone, 1949-1950, what happened in 1948, Israel self proclaimed themselves a state.
Now I do not follow the laws of Moses, ask yourself, where is Jesus.
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The 23 marble relief portraits over the gallery doors of the House Chamber in the U.S. Capitol depict historical figures noted for their work in establishing the principles that underlie American law. They were installed when the chamber was remodeled in 1949-1950. Created in bas relief of white Vermont marble by seven different sculptors, the plaques each measure 28 inches in diameter.

Map of portraits in the House Chamber. Click on the image above to enlarge.

The 11 profiles in the eastern half of the chamber face left and the eleven in the western half face right, so that all look towards the full-face relief of Moses in the center of the north wall.

The subjects of the reliefs were chosen by scholars from the University of Pennsylvania and the Columbia Historical Society of Washington, D.C., in consultation with authoritative staff members of the Library of Congress. The selection was approved by a special committee of five Members of the House of Representatives and the Architect of the Capitol.

About Relief Portrait Plaques of Lawgivers
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This is your Moses:

Numbers 31:15 And Moses said to them: “Have you kept all the women alive? 16 Look, these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately. 18 But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately.

and
Exodus 32
27 and he told them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Each of you put your sword on your hip! Go back and forth through the camp, from gate to gate, and kill your brothers, your friends, your neighbors!”

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I guess you did what Moses said and worshipped him, or you die.

 

[Compost]

Arguably there are many figures in history missing from the collection of reliefs. A group of scholars picked them and a special committee OK'd them. Take it up with them. Oh wait, this was done over fifty years ago. They've moved on. Why don't you?

 

[Wyatt earp]

Note the date it was redone, 1949-1950, what happened in 1948, Israel self proclaimed themselves a state.
Now I do not follow the laws of Moses, ask yourself, where is Jesus.
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The 23 marble relief portraits over the gallery doors of the House Chamber in the U.S. Capitol depict historical figures noted for their work in establishing the principles that underlie American law. They were installed when the chamber was remodeled in 1949-1950. Created in bas relief of white Vermont marble by seven different sculptors, the plaques each measure 28 inches in diameter.

Map of portraits in the House Chamber. Click on the image above to enlarge.

The 11 profiles in the eastern half of the chamber face left and the eleven in the western half face right, so that all look towards the full-face relief of Moses in the center of the north wall.

The subjects of the reliefs were chosen by scholars from the University of Pennsylvania and the Columbia Historical Society of Washington, D.C., in consultation with authoritative staff members of the Library of Congress. The selection was approved by a special committee of five Members of the House of Representatives and the Architect of the Capitol.

About Relief Portrait Plaques of Lawgivers
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This is your Moses:

Numbers 31:15 And Moses said to them: “Have you kept all the women alive? 16 Look, these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately. 18 But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately.

and
Exodus 32
27 and he told them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Each of you put your sword on your hip! Go back and forth through the camp, from gate to gate, and kill your brothers, your friends, your neighbors!”

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I guess you did what Moses said and worshipped him, or you die.

Say what who worships Moses?

 

[Penelope]

Arguably there are many figures in history missing from the collection of reliefs. A group of scholars picked them and a special committee OK'd them. Take it up with them. Oh wait, this was done over fifty years ago. They've moved on. Why don't you?

Funny how Moses is there and not Jesus, but also funny how this is a Judeo-Christian nation and not a Chritian-Judea nation, funny we even call it that to begin with.

Arguably there are many figures in history missing from the collection of reliefs. A group of scholars picked them and a special committee OK'd them. Take it up with them. Oh wait, this was done over fifty years ago. They've moved on. Why don't you?

When they take the relief of Moses down I might think about it. Why is not one Caesar up there? After all we are the new Roman Emperor. Statue of Liberty, is really the Goddess Libertas, a Roman Goddess.

 

[Compost]

Arguably there are many figures in history missing from the collection of reliefs. A group of scholars picked them and a special committee OK'd them. Take it up with them. Oh wait, this was done over fifty years ago. They've moved on. Why don't you?

Funny how Moses is there and not Jesus, but also funny how this is a Judeo-Christian nation and not a Chritian-Judea nation, funny we even call it that to begin with.

Arguably there are many figures in history missing from the collection of reliefs. A group of scholars picked them and a special committee OK'd them. Take it up with them. Oh wait, this was done over fifty years ago. They've moved on. Why don't you?

When they take the relief of Moses down I might think about it. Why is not one Caesar up there? After all we are the new Roman Emperor. Statue of Liberty, is really the Goddess Libertas, a Roman Goddess.

Like I said, somebody else picked the relief subjects. There are many you or I would have chosen instead. Get over it.

 

[Penelope]

The statue at the top of the capital is after the Roman Goddess of War, either Minerva or Bellona.
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Statue of Freedom is the crowning feature of the Dome of the United States Capitol. The bronze statue stands 19 feet 6 inches tall and weighs approximately 15,000 pounds.

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Statue of Freedom does not wear or hold a knitted liberty cap, as would have been expected in nineteenth-century art. The knit cap provided to freed slaves in ancient Rome had been adopted as the symbol of liberty or freedom during the American and French Revolutions and was usually shown as red. The Statue of Freedom's crested helmet and sword, suggesting she is prepared to protect the nation, are more commonly associated with Minerva or Bellona, Roman goddesses of war. The history of the statue's design explains why she wears a helmet rather than a liberty cap. The story of her casting reveals that some of the people who worked to create Freedom were not themselves free.

The Statue of Freedom

 

[Penelope]

Note the date it was redone, 1949-1950, what happened in 1948, Israel self proclaimed themselves a state.
Now I do not follow the laws of Moses, ask yourself, where is Jesus.
----------------------------------------------------------

The 23 marble relief portraits over the gallery doors of the House Chamber in the U.S. Capitol depict historical figures noted for their work in establishing the principles that underlie American law. They were installed when the chamber was remodeled in 1949-1950. Created in bas relief of white Vermont marble by seven different sculptors, the plaques each measure 28 inches in diameter.

Map of portraits in the House Chamber. Click on the image above to enlarge.

The 11 profiles in the eastern half of the chamber face left and the eleven in the western half face right, so that all look towards the full-face relief of Moses in the center of the north wall.

The subjects of the reliefs were chosen by scholars from the University of Pennsylvania and the Columbia Historical Society of Washington, D.C., in consultation with authoritative staff members of the Library of Congress. The selection was approved by a special committee of five Members of the House of Representatives and the Architect of the Capitol.

About Relief Portrait Plaques of Lawgivers
---------------------------------------------------------------
This is your Moses:

Numbers 31:15 And Moses said to them: “Have you kept all the women alive? 16 Look, these women caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord. 17 Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man intimately. 18 But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately.

and
Exodus 32
27 and he told them, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Each of you put your sword on your hip! Go back and forth through the camp, from gate to gate, and kill your brothers, your friends, your neighbors!”

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I guess you did what Moses said and worshipped him, or you die.

Say what who worships Moses?

The Jews do.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

The reliefs have a secular, not religious, purpose – the makers of law.

Unlike the reliefs, an image of Jesus would be religious in nature, devoid of a secular purpose, and as a result in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.