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Old Glory as a religious symbol
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Old Glory as a religious symbol

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Sep 4, 2023, 7:02 PM
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Interesting religion

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-john-they-trust-109294882/
In John They Trust
South Pacific villagers worship a mysterious American they call John Frum - believing he'll one day shower their remote island with riches
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Re: Old Glory as a religious symbol

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Sep 4, 2023, 8:47 PM
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MacArthur did say he would return.

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Re: Old Glory as a religious symbol

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Sep 5, 2023, 2:25 PM
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That's great!

I've seen similar examples fictionalized in film through the years. In the movie "The Gods Must Be Crazy," a sub-plot is that an aborigines warrior must rid his village of an unknown, mysterious gift from the gods that ultimately only brings bad luck - a Coke bottle thrown from an airplane. It's a pretty funny movie in its own right, sort of a "Crocodile Dundee" pre-cursor. Recommended.










And of course, "The Man Who Would Be King" a great one with Caine and Connery, from Kipling, about a British soldier who Afghani Tribesmen assume is a god.






And the classic object of worship from Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), an atomic bomb
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Sep 5, 2023, 2:30 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah7qQ_K-OnU

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