[thinktwice]

Our Republic was founded on the Authority of God the Creator of Man.

I don't agree; God didn't write America's founding documants -- men did. So drop your creationism argument and realize that ...

It was the supremacy of human wisdom -- reason -- that served as the authority to secure man's inalienable rights in America's founding documents.

[CyberCowboy777]

"God didn't write America's founding documants -- men did"

No kidding? LOL you got to be kidding me with this.

As your quote from Ayn Rand said, no pack of men can rule man. These documents must have some authority to legitimize them, since no mans reason can have authority over another man the source of authority must come from outside man. That authority comes through the authorship of the Creator

Our Founders took the in-alienable rights endowed by the Creator understanding the authority and reasoned a form of Government to allow a civilization that preserved these rights. The only way you can demand these rights is if the come from something outside man.

You can deny this, but you are using circular logic to do so. Thankfully out Founders did understand this simple and complete concept.

If you really think another mans reason can form a rule of law you must obey, you would be very happy in China. They reasoned a form of government that they feel is best for men. They deny that in-alienable rights are anything more than what the ruler decides is right.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Think twice, thinktwice: Reason is only a conduit leading back to a source. It is not itself a source, any more than a pipe by itself can produce water or a wire by itself can produce electricity.

[CyberCowboy777]

The US Declaration of Independence states that God Himself bestowed our rights and liberties upon us. The entire American political experiment is based on that unique premise. No other bulwark exists to safeguard the natural rights of human beings except Divine sanction. Remove God, and you also remove all claims to liberty, rights, meaning and purpose.