“God’s laws are not watered down to suit anyone; if God did that He would cease to be God. The moral law never alters for the noblest or the weakest; it remains abidingly and eternally the same.” Oswald Chambers
First of all, to determine the moral decline in America we have to acknowledge that America was once indeed moral. Christianity. Is this what our country was based on? Is this the original intent of our forefathers? Where THEY Christians? Decide for yourself:
Patrick Henry, the "firebrand of the American Revolution" said this: "An appeal to arms and the God of hosts is all that is left us. But we shall not fight our battle alone. There is a just God that presides over the destinies of nations. The battle sir, is not of the strong alone. Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it almighty God. I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death."
These words are no longer in history textbooks.
Patrick Henry also said: "I have disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give to them, and that is the Christian religion. If they had that and I had not given them one cent, they would be rich. If they have not that, and I had given them the world, they would be poor."
Hmmm...sounds like it to me.
How about Thomas Jefferson? These words are written in his Bible: "I am a Christian, that is to say a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus. I have little doubt that our whole country will soon be rallied to the unity of our Creator and, I hope, to the pure doctrine of Jesus also."
Did George Washington, the first President of the United States think God was important? Did he believe God to be necessary for a successful country? He said this at his farwell speech as President: "It is impossible to govern the world without God and the Bible. Of all the dispositions and habits that lead to political prosperity, our religion and morality are the indispensable supporters. Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that our national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."
In his personal prayer book were written these words: "Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in thy fear, and dying in thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of thy son, Jesus Christ."
John Adams, the 2nd President of the United States, was also the chairman of the American Bible Society. He said this to military leaders: "We have no government armed with the power capable of contending with human passions, unbridled by morality and true religion. Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
The first Court Justice, John Jay: "Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian Nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers."
The sixth President of the United States, John Quincy Adams, on July 4, 1821, said, "The highest glory of the American Revolution was this: it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity." (He was also chariman of the American Bible Society)
Wow. Can you imagine President Obama saying ANY of those things? Can you imagine a U.S. President being the chairman of the American Bible Society?
James Madison, the primary author of the Constitution of the United States, said this: "We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future of all our political constitutions upon the capacity of each of ourselves to govern ourselves according to the moral principles of the Ten Commandments." (Forgotten Roots/Mary Jones)
And where are the Ten Commandments now? They have been shoved out of schools. It is very clear to me that our founding fathers started this country on the premise that God would always be the center of what they were doing. If they could only see us now.
So how did this happen? Who started it, and why? Check out tomorrow's post.
Showing posts with label U.S. Constitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U.S. Constitution. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Historically Speaking...
I am fired up today. It's been a crazy week, what with the holiday weekend, a marathon garage sale, and arcing power lines in my pear tree that Consumer's Energy didn't bother to fix in FIVE days...it took the FIRE department to get them out here to fix it!
I want to state at this point that politically I am neither Republican nor Democrat. I am Conservative, I am a Christian, and I believe our government has entirely too much power, and is a far cry from its original purpose.
James Madison is considered the main author of the Constitution. He is also the man who pushed for a Bill of Rights, to PROTECT the people from governing bodies, and clearly EXPLAIN their place in this newly founded country.
On June 8, 1789, Madison rose to address Congress and impress upon them his urgent desire for these first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. In The Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, First Congress, 1st session, pp 448-460 we find Madison's original intent summed up in his own words:
"I wish, among other reasons why something should be done, that those who have been friendly to the adoption of this constitution may have the opportunity of proving to those who were opposed to it that they were as sincerely devoted to liberty and a Republican Government, as those who charged them with wishing the adoption of this constitution in order to lay the foundation of an aristocracy or despotism. It will be a desirable thing to extinguish from the bosom of every member of the community, any apprehensions that there are those among his countrymen who wish to deprive them of the liberty for which they valiantly fought and honorably bled. And if there are amendments desired of such a nature as will not injure the constitution, and they can be ingrafted so as to give satisfaction to the doubting part of our fellow-citizens, the friends of the Federal Government will evince that spirit of deference and concession for which they have hitherto been distinguished."
Madison wanted to ensure that the people who fought and died for our freedom were guaranteed that this new government would NOT become an aristocracy, or worse, fall into the hands of a despot, as is the case at this moment in United States history, in my humble opinion.
He wanted “First, that there be prefixed to the constitution a declaration, that all power is originally rested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That Government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of the people…. That the people have an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform or change their Government, whenever it be found adverse or inadequate to the purposes of its institution.”
Our founding fathers were as concerned about limiting the power of government as they were about their independence from England. They didn’t want to be subjects like they had been. That’s what they bled and died for. If they could see us now. How far we have strayed in just over 200 years. As far as a civilization goes, America is STILL a baby…It terrifies me to think of Her as a toddler with our current President and trends toward Socialism.
And check this out: Madison knew how easily power can get away from where it belongs, WITH THE PEOPLE. He said, “The exceptions here or elsewhere in the constitution, made in favor of particular rights, shall not be so construed as to diminish the just importance of other rights retained by the people, or as to enlarge the powers delegated by the constitution; but either as actual limitations of such powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution.”
Madison goes on to say, “But whatever may be the form which the several States have adopted in making declarations in favor of particular rights, the great object in view is to limit and qualify the powers of Government, by excepting out of the grant of power those cases in which the Government ought not to act, or to act only in a particular mode.” To read the speech in full, go to http://www.usconstitution.net/madisonbor.html I really encourage you to read it all….I would love to put it all here, but there’s a lot, and this is getting too long!!
Do you see what this country was founded on? The power of the PEOPLE to govern THEMSELVES as they see fit. Do you see a welfare program in there anywhere? How about nationalized health care? Insurance companies that tell you which doctor you may or may not go to? Let’s go a step further…helmet laws? Seatbelt laws? Laws that require a person not to drink and drive, not to text or talk on the phone while driving? Where the heck is our common sense??? Do we really need a government mandating this?
I realize that many of the above laws are for our safety. But can you imagine telling James Madison that the government would have the right to tell them when they can see the local doctor? Or that he has to ride his horse a certain way? He would laugh in your face. There really is no difference. We have taken so much for granted! We have been like sheep, dumbly following along and staying mute as our government leads us to the slaughter.
Well I say, SILENT NO MORE! We have right, no, the OBLIGATION to pursue freedom from tyranny and despotism. The very Constitution that began this country demands it! In 1775, Patrick Henry was willing to die for liberty. What are YOU willing to do? Write a letter? Stand out from the crowd? Voice your opinion? VOTE? Strive for change? (A real change…for the BETTER, not the “change” that Obama has brought us: nearer and nearer to Socialism and losing our rights completely!)
What are you willing to do? I can’t physically go out and go door to door. I can’t storm the capital. But I can exercise my First Amendment rights. I can research and try to education and encourage. I want to evoke passion in you! I want to remind you what we REALLY have in America…where we have come from….and where we have gone.
Say it with me: Silent No More!
I want to state at this point that politically I am neither Republican nor Democrat. I am Conservative, I am a Christian, and I believe our government has entirely too much power, and is a far cry from its original purpose.
James Madison is considered the main author of the Constitution. He is also the man who pushed for a Bill of Rights, to PROTECT the people from governing bodies, and clearly EXPLAIN their place in this newly founded country.
On June 8, 1789, Madison rose to address Congress and impress upon them his urgent desire for these first 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. In The Annals of Congress, House of Representatives, First Congress, 1st session, pp 448-460 we find Madison's original intent summed up in his own words:
"I wish, among other reasons why something should be done, that those who have been friendly to the adoption of this constitution may have the opportunity of proving to those who were opposed to it that they were as sincerely devoted to liberty and a Republican Government, as those who charged them with wishing the adoption of this constitution in order to lay the foundation of an aristocracy or despotism. It will be a desirable thing to extinguish from the bosom of every member of the community, any apprehensions that there are those among his countrymen who wish to deprive them of the liberty for which they valiantly fought and honorably bled. And if there are amendments desired of such a nature as will not injure the constitution, and they can be ingrafted so as to give satisfaction to the doubting part of our fellow-citizens, the friends of the Federal Government will evince that spirit of deference and concession for which they have hitherto been distinguished."
Madison wanted to ensure that the people who fought and died for our freedom were guaranteed that this new government would NOT become an aristocracy, or worse, fall into the hands of a despot, as is the case at this moment in United States history, in my humble opinion.
He wanted “First, that there be prefixed to the constitution a declaration, that all power is originally rested in, and consequently derived from, the people. That Government is instituted and ought to be exercised for the benefit of the people…. That the people have an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform or change their Government, whenever it be found adverse or inadequate to the purposes of its institution.”
Our founding fathers were as concerned about limiting the power of government as they were about their independence from England. They didn’t want to be subjects like they had been. That’s what they bled and died for. If they could see us now. How far we have strayed in just over 200 years. As far as a civilization goes, America is STILL a baby…It terrifies me to think of Her as a toddler with our current President and trends toward Socialism.
And check this out: Madison knew how easily power can get away from where it belongs, WITH THE PEOPLE. He said, “The exceptions here or elsewhere in the constitution, made in favor of particular rights, shall not be so construed as to diminish the just importance of other rights retained by the people, or as to enlarge the powers delegated by the constitution; but either as actual limitations of such powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution.”
Madison goes on to say, “But whatever may be the form which the several States have adopted in making declarations in favor of particular rights, the great object in view is to limit and qualify the powers of Government, by excepting out of the grant of power those cases in which the Government ought not to act, or to act only in a particular mode.” To read the speech in full, go to http://www.usconstitution.net/madisonbor.html I really encourage you to read it all….I would love to put it all here, but there’s a lot, and this is getting too long!!
Do you see what this country was founded on? The power of the PEOPLE to govern THEMSELVES as they see fit. Do you see a welfare program in there anywhere? How about nationalized health care? Insurance companies that tell you which doctor you may or may not go to? Let’s go a step further…helmet laws? Seatbelt laws? Laws that require a person not to drink and drive, not to text or talk on the phone while driving? Where the heck is our common sense??? Do we really need a government mandating this?
I realize that many of the above laws are for our safety. But can you imagine telling James Madison that the government would have the right to tell them when they can see the local doctor? Or that he has to ride his horse a certain way? He would laugh in your face. There really is no difference. We have taken so much for granted! We have been like sheep, dumbly following along and staying mute as our government leads us to the slaughter.
Well I say, SILENT NO MORE! We have right, no, the OBLIGATION to pursue freedom from tyranny and despotism. The very Constitution that began this country demands it! In 1775, Patrick Henry was willing to die for liberty. What are YOU willing to do? Write a letter? Stand out from the crowd? Voice your opinion? VOTE? Strive for change? (A real change…for the BETTER, not the “change” that Obama has brought us: nearer and nearer to Socialism and losing our rights completely!)
What are you willing to do? I can’t physically go out and go door to door. I can’t storm the capital. But I can exercise my First Amendment rights. I can research and try to education and encourage. I want to evoke passion in you! I want to remind you what we REALLY have in America…where we have come from….and where we have gone.
Say it with me: Silent No More!
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