Thomas Paine: “I do not believe in…any church,” he declared. In a call to arms against what he called church-state tyranny in early America, he insisted that “every national church or religion accuses the others of unbelief; for my own part, I disbelieve them all.”
George Washington: “The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.”
Thomas Jefferson: “ The Christian God is a being of terrific character – cruel, vindictive, capricious, and unjust . We discover in the Bible a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication . On the dogmas of religion, as distinguished from moral principles, all mankind, from the beginning of the world to this day, have been quarreling, fighting, burning and torturing one another, for abstractions unintelligible to themselves and to all others, and absolutely beyond the comprehension of the human mind.”
James Madison: “It was the universal opinion of the [18th] century, that civil government could not stand without the prop of a religious establishment and that the Christian religion itself would perish if not supported by a legal provision for its clergy.” But as President, Madison found that, “the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of church from the state.”
John Adams: “the United States is not, in any sense, a Christian nation.”
‘Tis the season! Scaredy Cat is popping up around the internet again. I am amazed that so many people continue to love it after I finished it 4 years ago. Thank you so much! <3
John Byrne drew a series of pictures re-creating what it was like reading the Legion of Super-Heroes in Adventure Comics.
Here are the founding members - Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, and Saturn Girl - along with Triplicate Girl and Superboy.
Next we have Chemical King, Timber Wolf, Light Lass, Ultra Boy, and Phantom Girl.
Here are Matter-Eater Lad, Karate Kid, Princess Projector, Brainiac 5, and Supergirl.
Chameleon Boy, Sun Boy (careful, bub; she has a boyfriend!), Shrinking Violet, Element Lad, Bouncing Boy, and Invisible Kid.
Rounding out the final group of the Silver Age LSH are Colossal Boy, Star Boy, Dream Girl, Mon-El, and Shadow Lass.
Next we have the Silver Age members of the Legion of Substitute Heroes: Chlorophyll Kid, Stone Boy, Fire Lad (hey, man, that’s Cosmic Boy’s gal!), Night Girl, Polar Boy, and Color Kid.
Finally, we have the folks who were made Honorary Legionnaires: Rond Vidar, Pete Ross, Lana Lang (as Insect Queen), Jimmy Olsen (as Elastic Lad), and Kid Psycho.
I’m kinda bummed that Byrne didn’t include the Legion of Super-Pets, but that can always be a project for another day.
