[Vision2020] "One nation under the Goddess of learning"

[Joe Campbell]

I like it!

On May 29, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Ted Moffett <starbliss at gmail.com> wrote:

> "One nation under the Goddess of learning"
> Seems to me to be a more appropriate wording for the pledge of allegiance in US public government schools, if indeed religion must be injected into the pledge.  At least it refers to learning, which applies to the aim of schools...
> Imagine the furor if this wording was adopted!  Given that the first Google result for the search terms "the Goddess of learning" is a reference to Sarasvati, charges of promoting Hinduism in public schools would be made...
>  
> The horror!
> 
> First Google search result for "the Goddess of learning"
>  
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraswati
> Saraswati (Sanskrit: सरस्वती, Sarasvatī ?) is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, arts and science. She is the companion of Brahma, also revered as his Shakti (power).
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