Thanksgiving Redux

Sarah over at Orcinus put up a Thanksgiving post over at Orcinus, entitled "The Great North American Holiday".

She starts by correctly stating that a core belief of the religious right is that God somehow established America for a special destiny or purpose in the history of humankind -- that we are in some way uniquely blessed. It is understood that Thanksgiving somehow is reaffirming acknowledgment of God's blessing

Actually, this idea has been around a long time and is seen in the early versions of our imperial dream known as "Manifest Destiny" -- which could be snarked to, "If it ain't nailed down, it belongs to me".

However, assuming that the Christianist belief was in fact correct, is it not obvious how terrible such a blessing would be?

Supposedly, the first people to be blessed/chosen in this manner by the Eternal to fulfill a manifest destiny brought forth a fellow known as Messiah, Savior and Prince of Peace.

If we, in fact, were blessed on the same order of magnitude, what then is it that America would bring forth?

I shudder at the thought of saying it right out loud, but would it not be a sort of antiparticle?

Fortunately, Sarah, in the rest of her article pretty well much dismantles not only the idea that the Plymouth Thanksgiving was the first, but also that it was in some way unique. There have been quite a few Thanksgivings and Thanksgiving traditions in North America.

So, if we could ignore the possible problem of self-fulfilling prophecy, everything should be just fine!