my God, this forum has devolved into the worst of the worst. It's always emotional and reactionary in here, but it seems that the rational and seasoned members have pulled back to make way for the kids.
I'm going to step back for the day too. It's just too much uninformed nonsense.
I am excited for a lot of you guys, because it seems like this is your first time tracking a PNW winter storm. I remember my first time.
OK I guess they were not really Christians. A few were. Most of them were somewhere in between Deists and Christians. They thought the Bible provided a good moral code and good principles for how to govern.
They did seem to believe people had a sinful nature and that the power of government must be limited to prevent it from becoming tyrannical. However they also did not believe in anarchy and said that limited government was only possible with a moral and religious people. They created a constitutional republic and warned about the dangers of a direct democracy.
The "all men are created equal" could be derived from Genesis 1:27. It's sad we could not live up to those ideals throughout our ugly history.
America though was in many ways like a sanctuary nation (like sanctuary cities today) for people around the world fleeing from religious persecution and tyrannical governments in other countries.
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