We saw somewhat of an uprising of Christians during this last election.

More like a manipulation of Christians!

Republicans would be hard-pressed to win a national election without the support of fundamentalist and evangelical Christians, and have no problem promising them the moon, knowing full well that the courts will never let them give Christians the government they want.

Has anyone ever wondered why, after 25 years of Christian activism starting with The Moral Majority, things have only gotten worse?

Teacher-led school prayers haven't been reinstituted. Abortion is still legal. Sodomy has been legalized. Gay marriage is on the horizon. Popular TV shows with homosexual characters. Sexual references everywhere in the media. Creationism hasn't gotten a foothold in our public schools.

Maybe it's time that conservative Christians realize that they have been sold a bill of goods by cynical politicians with their own agenda.

I guess I'm ignorant.  Who's the robed, seated woman?

Not positive, but it is probably Justitia, a Roman goddess of justice.

Ron Wyatt was exposed many times as a fraud. This is only one of many articles available on the net.

A Great Christian Scam

http://www.tentmaker.org/Dew/Dew7/D7-AGreatChristianScam.html

[She]

Oddly enough, I always thought of the Holy Spirit as having feminine attritbutes. .  

The earliest known book of Christian hymns is the "Odes of Solomon", thought to have been written before 100 AD by Jewish-Christians. This is from Ode 36:

(Odist speaks)
1. I rested on the Spirit of the Lord,
And She lifted me up to heaven;
2. And caused me to stand on my feet in the Lord's high place,
Before His perfection and glory,
Where I continued glorifying (Him) by the composition of His Odes.

(Christ Speaks)
3. (The Spirit) brought me forth before the Lord's face.
And because I was the Son of Man,
I was named the Light, the Son of God;
4. Because I was the most glorified among the glorious ones,
And the greatest among the great ones.
5. For according to the greatness of the Most High, so She made me;
And according to His newness He renewed me.
6. And He anointed me with His perfection;
And I became one of those who are near Him.
7. And my mouth was opened like a cloud of dew,
And my heart gushed forth (like) a gusher of righteousness.
8. And my approach was in peace,
And I was established in the Spirit of Providence.

The Old testament word for spirit is 'ruach', meaning wind, breath, inspiration,and the OT Hebrew noun is always feminine. In the "Odes of Solomon'; the oldest surviving Christian hymnal, the Holy Spirit is female. The original tongue of the Hebrew or Aramaic would translate 'Holy Spirit' as female. Also, Greek would translate 'Holy Spirit' as either female or more likely 'neuter in reference to the subject' and it only became 'He' in Latin and English bibles.