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On Aug 7, 5:36 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > The creation of the United States of America represented a unique > event in world history. Founded as a modern republic, it was rooted in > the Bible, and one of its earliest tenets was religious tolerance. OfLet's > see some support for this claim. > I am most interested in quotations from Founders that fit a pattern of > 'Book/Chapter/Verse is an important concept that translates in to Article, > Section and Clause ideal'. > The DoI represented something entirely new. It impugned the biblically > consistent Divine Rights of Kings.. > Regard$, > --MJ > The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of > governments erected on the simple principles of nature; and if men are now > sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves of artifice, imposture, > hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their > history. Although the detail of the formation of the American governments is > at present little known or regarded either in Europe or in America, it may > hereafter become an object of curiosity. It will never be pretended that any > persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods, or were in any > degree under the influence of Heaven, more than those at work upon ships or > houses, or laboring in merchandise or agriculture; it will forever be > acknowledged that these governments were contrived merely by the use of > reason and the senses.... > -- John Adams, "A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United > States of America" [1787-1788]; -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
