Does anyone else find this to be disgusting? From both a secular and a theological point of view, it seems hard to argue that it’s not at least a little bit revolting. How did the theists of the time let something like this happen?
What exactly were they supposed to do to stop it? The capital has stuff like this all over. Government is not secular, government has its own religion.
I don’t think it is “disgusting.” It is the US government’s attempt to imitate the Romans. Lincoln is sitting at his monument posed like Jupiter and Jefferson is in a mock Roman Rotunda…
If you look at the paiting you’ll notice that Mercury is actually giving Robert Morris coins..