Posted on 03/03/2007 6:26:04 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
As Jefferson so eloquently wrote in 1785, “Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God?” You will find these very words inscribed on the walls of the Jefferson memorial just across the Potomac. Yet there are those who seek to functionally sandblast them from that hallowed shrine not to mention remove them from the minds and memories of our countrymen.
Most recently and famously the attack on God in the public square has manifested itself in the 9th Circuit decision that the phrase, “One nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance runs afoul of the establishment clause. ...
Listen to the words of other founding fathers. Alexander Hamilton wrote that our sacred rights, “are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power,” John Adams stated that, “Our constitution was made for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Recall that the first Continental Congress began each session with prayer, a tradition that remains up to this day.
The purpose of government is to ensure freedom, not to impede it. We must never forget that freedom is a gift of God and that it is not secure unless this fact is acknowledged by a virtuous society. These were commonly accepted views up until about 60 years ago. Then in 1947, in Everson v. Board of Education the Supreme Court announced that the First Amendment had somehow erected a wall between church and state.
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This is not a religious neutral statement. In order for this to be carried into society, the people as a whole must acknowledge the exhistence of God. If there is no GOD, this statement is usless and void.
Without 'Creator' the statement then becomes 'arguable' as to the source of rights. Then, who ever has the most 'power' to force their version of rights(or CREATOR) WINS, and the weak are left only with those rights the powerful dispense. Period.
For example: An individuals rights under the concept of Christian RIGHTS are a whole lot different than those individual rights under the concept of Hindu RIGHTS.
Under Atheist, or Darwinist...rights are the peragotive of the stronger or the most suited to survive, in that order.
It's a paradox. Even 'no-religion-anti-christ-no-nothings' are better off under a system of Christian based governance.
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Katherine & Van Jenerette
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The more I learn about Jeb Hensarling the more I like him. If you had to come up with a perfect list of four cornerstones of the American Dream, it would be hard to improve on Faith, Family, Free Enterprise and Freedom.
Bump!
“The ambassador answered us that [the right] was founded on the Laws of the Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have answered their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Mussulman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.”
That quote was given by Thomas Jefferson in 1786 when he was the Ambassador to France.
He was describing to Congress the answer he was given by Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdrahaman when asked what justification the Barbary Pirates had to wage what was then a war of terror upon shippers. Jefferson argued for 10 years that concession to the radical pirates would only inspire more attacks.
Over 200 years ago, one of our most celebrated founding fathers of freedom – Thomas Jefferson – couldn’t comprehend a radical Ambassador’s religious justification to wage war against a nation that had done him no harm. But he knew that appeasement would only lead to more attacks. And he was right. What has changed today?
"It is impossible to govern rightly without God and the Bible."
--- George Washington
Cheer up. It's not as bleak as it appears. The sad truth is, some Americans don't want freedom. But the good news is, most Americans do. And many of us proudly defend America, and send our sons and daughters off to defend our freedom with their lives. Don't let the loud-mouthed minority convince you otherwise.
Don't give up on your fellow citizens yet. Maybe you're watching too much TV --- even Fox News can give you a gloomy picture of America. Every time I get depressed I remember that Reagan kept saying our best days were ahead of us (and that was before the Soviet meltdown).
History teaches us that the pendulum will swing back again.
Sorry, left you off. See my response to 9 at 10.
Come to think of it, I didn't mine today either! But it warms my heart to know "Fred" did.
Thank you for your service. It's a debt I can never repay. But I do try to use that gift wisely, and not squander or take for granted the freedom you helped secure. I don't think there are enough people who appreciate your sacrifice, but I believe most of us do. For every selfish person you hear complaining about petty crap, I wonder how many people you don't hear, because they're just going about their lives silently making the most of that gift of freedom.
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