Jefferson got this dead right. Those independent from kings and government but not from gods, are being less than free.
but you got it dead ass wrong when you said God was not in the Declaration of Independence on this thread.
1. below is obviously the reason for the inclusion of God and the Laws of Nature in the Declaration of Independence.
correct you are chasing your tail because an rabid atheist like you can shake real history. as full of shit you are with all your posts... you can't get away from the basic fact that the founders included the word God in the Declaration of Independence and there is certainly no inconsistency with Natural Law and a Creator... because jefferson just told you these Natural Laws... these inalienable can be considered a gift from God.
Unfortunately for you, there are FOUR references to God in the Declaration of Independence: When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness... ...We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence , we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
Still says nature's god and still says their creator. Not god, on its own, without a modifier. No matter how many time you two goofs repeat yourselves it won't re-write the way you want
You are such a troll Stu. You change the case of letters and you lie about content of the Declaration of Independence. Do you get paid to be that stupid Jefferson wrote: "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?"
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness... ...We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence , we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.[/QUOTE]
It doesn't say God it says Nature's God It doesn't say Creator it says their Creator So how come you are highlighting single words without their modifiers above, then start to highlight both in divine Providence and not just divine or Providence I already told you a dozen times, the founders didn't even mention these things in the draft, but altered it by hand to include the words "nature's god" and "their creator" ..... all in lower case. You never address that because it's too much of a fact for a witless zealous religious troll like you. Look at the thing you idiot. It inappropriately uses upper case in all sorts of ordinary words such as People, Free, Peace, Alliances, Lives, Fortunes....whilst even divine is in lower case It's like Jefferson points out, you can't truly be free when you keep looking to a god rather than the laws of nature for rights and independence.