Kswhitetails Wrote:America was unique among founded nations of men. She was founded on the principles - as well as could be implemented - of liberty and individual sovereignty.No, this country was not founded on the principle of individual sovereignty. The idea that the individual is sovereign leads to autocracy or anarchy. This country was founded on the principles of division of power and rule of law.
Kswhitetails Wrote:What failed, what fails more and more, is that the source of our individual sovereignty is being diluted away from something bigger than ourselves, as we become more and more selfish and self aggrandized. In the beginning there were principles that regulated the individual's behavior that did not come from gubment. They came from a place higher and more legitimate than any man. And these beliefs were by far the more popular and widely held beliefs.Seeing as how those sacred beliefs of the Founders caused them to treat white women as second-class citizens; to treat black people as property instead of human beings with "God given" rights to life and liberty; to set the age of consent as low as seven years, it looks to me like we have improved considerably from the immoral, despicable behaviors that were legal and widely practiced by the Founders.
No, it was not universal. But comparing the things that the original founders held sacred, to what is held sacred today, it's no wonder we've deteriorated.
Kswhitetails Wrote:As a nation, we don't seem to believe in anything higher than ourselves anymore, and we're reaping the results of the lack of a super-human moral guide. More and more folks are of the mindset that government is the source of rights...Well, it is, after all, government that determines and defines Constitutional and legal rights. There is no proof that any other source exists.
Kswhitetails Wrote:Stan, evolutionary theory is nothing more than theory. It is an untested, non-repeatable, string of whims that has more holes than WWII supply ships on the Atlantic floor.And belief in God is nothing more than belief. Talk about having more holes than sunken WWII supply ships, there is not a shred of verifiable evidence -- let alone indisputable proof -- that God exists.
Kswhitetails Wrote:The minute we started thinking we'd control our own destinies, we began to fall.What a sad attitude. If the Founding Fathers had not decided to take control of their own destinies, we would still be British subjects, and singing "God save the Queen" at sporting events.
