Posted on 08/04/2015 8:01:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Not sure that was their intention. It was to run away from the 'backwards' notions of the bible. To assimilate.
IMHO, our experiment has ceased to wobble and is headed towards totalitarianism
As always, opinions vary, some folks are more optimistic than I am.
Regards
Human nature always heads towards totalitarianism ala the state-establishment.
Thus “TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS [American] governments are instituted among men”.
The assertion that the experiment is still wobbling is supported by the fact that our doors haven’t been kicked in and ourselves transported to the gulags for merely writing these words online.... yet.
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