Sorry if I misunderstood, but I thought this was a little condescending. Sounded like he was assuming I hadn't done any research or reading.
most people haven't even THOUGHT about those things ... the laws are affected by people's morals and ethics .... if you study the way God has been kicked out of the Legislative decisions of this country since it's inception, you will see what is really going on. Read some of the quotes from our forefathers regarding The Bible and governing this great country ... it is eye opening.... George Washington 1st U.S. President "While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian." --The Writings of Washington, pp. 342-343. John Adams 2nd U.S. President and Signer of the Declaration of Independence "Suppose a nation in some distant Region should take the Bible for their only law Book, and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited! Every member would be obliged in conscience, to temperance, frugality, and industry; to justice, kindness, and charity towards his fellow men; and to piety, love, and reverence toward Almighty God ... What a Eutopia, what a Paradise would this region be." --Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, Vol. III, p. 9. Thomas Jefferson 3rd U.S. President, Drafter and Signer of the Declaration of Independence "God who gave us life gave us liberty. And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the Gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever; That a revolution of the wheel of fortune, a change of situation, is among possible events; that it may become probable by Supernatural influence! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in that event." --Notes on the State of Virginia, Query XVIII, p. 237. John Hancock 1st Signer of the Declaration of Independence "Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual. ... Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us." --History of the United States of America, Vol. II, p. 229. William Penn Founder of Pennsylvania "I do declare to the whole world that we believe the Scriptures to contain a declaration of the mind and will of God in and to those ages in which they were written; being given forth by the Holy Ghost moving in the hearts of holy men of God; that they ought also to be read, believed, and fulfilled in our day; being used for reproof and instruction, that the man of God may be perfect. They are a declaration and testimony of heavenly things themselves, and, as such, we carry a high respect for them. We accept them as the words of God Himself." --Treatise of the Religion of the Quakers, p. 355 Benjamin Rush Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Ratifier of the U.S. Constitution "The gospel of Jesus Christ prescribes the wisest rules for just conduct in every situation of life. Happy they who are enabled to obey them in all situations!" --The Autobiography of Benjamin Rush, pp. 165-166. and on and on it goes ......
I never argued otherwise, in fact if you look, this is from one of my earlier posts "Sometimes there is a difference between what is legal as opposed to what is moral/ethical."
Your whole post is great PT (as always, or at least most of the time), but this statement is exactly the road I was trying to go down. What scares me is the people that don't have a solid foundation for thier morals and ethics. You pretty much answered the question I was asking about the founding fathers foundation! I love this country and I am afraid that if we lose that foundation then we will crumble.
