Timeline for "God's own country"
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| Mar 26, 2016 at 13:18 | comment | added | trent | @TOOGAM I'm not talking about the USA. | |
| Mar 26, 2016 at 6:33 | comment | added | TOOGAM | @trentcl "Referring to God in this flippant way" I've been taught that communist Russia made anti-God statements, causing WASP (White... Protestant) America to represent a Godly nation (at least relative to the USSR). To me, it seems sensible, not flippant, that a nation with "In God We Trust" on currency, and had "one nation under God" may have sensibly viewed itself as being God's nation. This isn't necessarily indicating divine favor (especially over any other nations), but rather the nation's willingness to give submission to God. | |
| Mar 25, 2016 at 20:48 | comment | added | Jay | On the slightly relevant side: Okay, if you interpret "God's country" to mean "the country where God was born", that's an absurd and meaningless idea to a Jew or Christian, as God wasn't born anywhere. But if you understand it to mean, "a country which God has chosen as his own special place", Israel fits that description in Judeo-Christian teaching. Like the difference between "my house" meaning "the place where I live", and "my house" meaning "this place that I designed and built with my own hands and of which I am very proud". (Well, God was born in Israel in the person of Jesus, but, etc.) | |
| Mar 25, 2016 at 18:30 | comment | added | trent | @Jay That's a topic for another SE, but no, I really don't think that follows. But I suppose it depends on how you interpret the genitive "God's". :shrug: | |
| Mar 25, 2016 at 14:44 | comment | added | Jay | From a Jewish/Christian point of view, the Israelis are "God's people" so I presume Israel is literally "God's own country". :-) | |
| Mar 25, 2016 at 13:50 | review | First posts | |||
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| Mar 25, 2016 at 13:49 | history | answered | trent | CC BY-SA 3.0 |