Posted on 04/21/2009 9:09:42 AM PDT by bs9021
God & George Washington
by: Alanna Hultz, April 21, 2009
In Tara Ross and Joseph C. Smith Junior’s book Under God: George Washington and the Question of Church and State they discuss George Washington’s view of religion and how it played a role in church and state. They also examine Thomas Jefferson’s views on religion and how they differed from George Washington’s.
Ross and Smith believe “George Washington knew that the miraculous care of Providence had enabled him to survive the French and Indian War.” During the war Washington escaped unharmed even though he had 4 bullets in his coat and said it was all thanks to Providence. The authors said “under his command, the regiment would be friendly toward religion, because religion was a necessary prerequisite to morality and discipline in the military.” Washington also wanted a Chaplain for his troops. He wrote two letters to Virginia governor Robert Dinwiddie and one to John Robinson, speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses asking that a Chaplain be provided. The authors quote Washington as saying “A Chaplain for the Regiment ought to be provided; that we may at least have the show, if we are said to want the substance of Godliness!”
In 1758 Dinwiddie resigned for health reasons and John Blair temporarily took his place and after three years Washington finally received a positive response and the legislature approved a government-funded Chaplain. The authors said “Washington’s responsibilities as commander of the Virginia Regiment gave him new, compelling reasons to ponder church-state issues.”Freemason. There are various forms of freemasonry but they all share moral and metaphysical ideals, which include, in most cases, a constitutional declaration of belief in a Supreme Being....
(Excerpt) Read more at campusreportonline.net ...
Thank you for the post.
I’ve read a great deal about the religion of the Founders. GW was a much more religious Christian than is often claimed. In his first inaugural alone, the beginning was about God, the middle was about God, and the end was about God! As per the tenor of Protestant religions of the day, he was not a “fire and brimstone” /”born again” type; rather, he believed in a process of devotional dedication to the Lord. I fully expect to see him in heaven.
Great post!
Wonder if this important facet of this great man's taught in our taxpayer funded publik skools? /sarc
lol - Dunno.
Only The Shadow (*&* The zerO) knows, my friend.
Hey, tell me.
Can a OneWingedShark fly?
I only ask because after years of research, I now know what one hand clapping in a forest sounds like, y'know? {g}
Under God: George Washington
and the Question of Church and State
by Tara Ross and
Joseph C. Smith Jr.
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General Washington was a church-going man his whole life. He indeed fully believed that "Divine Providence" saved him during battle (beginning with the French and Indian War) for something special: founding this country.
However, the Valley Forge painting is fiction.
Earl
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