I won’t argue just to argue. That’s definitely a linchpin between the DOI and the Constitution and so you have a great point. I forgot about the preamble probably because I’m just not keen on infusing Christianity into our system of laws.
Isn’t it equally possible that they were using blessing as a generic term to say that liberty is just darn good?
Or rather that liberty is a blessing from God. Probably a little bit of both so point taken. I concede.
When I was a liberal I used to argue with other liberals - it was like talking to a lamp post and has over time made me slow of wit. It’s refreshing to talk with people who use facts. It’s true that you become who you hang around with. Hopefully some critical thinking skills will be reborn in me.
Thank you.
I would think that is what they meant.
Also, there is the following:
"Before he [the President] enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:"
I'm no expert in this matter, but it almost appears to me that the Founders were allowing for the possibility that an elected President might have some qualms about swearing an oath; perhaps as a matter of religious principle. But one explicit option was an "oath" which I believe has a religious denotation.