The Constitution is a magnificent document inspired by Providence. Idolatrous nonsense.
This silly attitude, I'm sorry to say, is a large part of the problem we see today, as "we the people" are losing our liberties in real time.
Governmental structures are simply tools, a manmade means to an end. They are never an end in themselves. Until people wake the eff up and recognize that our "constitutional system" has now failed, and that it needs to be replaced, there's no hope of the current slide being reversed.
Until people wake the eff up and recognize that our "constitutional system" has now failed, and that it needs to be replaced, there's no hope of the current slide being reversed.
The Declaration, which precedes the Constitution, says, "whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
Every American must now consider two critical questions about the government which owes its existence to the Constitution:
1) Are you safe?
2) Are you happy?
Idolatrous nonsense. This silly attitude, I'm sorry to say, is a large part of the problem we see today, as "we the people" are losing our liberties in real time.
Idolatrous? Silly attitude? Read the Federalist Papers, our founding documents, and other writings by our Founding Fathers. They invoked the influence of Providence and a belief in natural rights. Our nation was formed based on those principles. It is neither idolatrous nor silly. The Declaration of Independence states,
"WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.
"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness—-That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
Governmental structures are simply tools, a manmade means to an end. They are never an end in themselves. Until people wake the eff up and recognize that our "constitutional system" has now failed, and that it needs to be replaced, there's no hope of the current slide being reversed.
Pure tautological nonsense. Replaced by what? The Constitution has kept this nation intact thru war and civil strife. It is the oldest written Constitution in the world, copied by many nations. It can and has been amended. Unfortunately, we are in a post-Constitutional period. The answer is to return to the Constitution, not replace it.