In investigating causes in pursuit of truth, I do some pretty heady reading, and try to condense it for others when I think I have run across neat ideas. I hope you dont mind that share them here. My concern has been that there is a constant undermining of patriotism as if to minimize the remarkable achievements in American contribution to the world. American jurists even refer back as far as the Magna Carta to base their decisions. (In fact, Justice Ruth Bader Ginburg made some deprecating remarks about our system on a foreign trip as an example of the contempt our members have for their jobs.) And Washington behaves as if it holds no responsibility to We the People, whatsoever. But, even I have been guilty of interpreting our Constitution and self-government by looking to predecessors such as philosophers and historical civilizations as our model. In Colonial Origins of the American Constitution, (Donald S. Lute) Eric Voegelin theory of politics is cited that political analysis should begin with a careful examination of peoples attempt of self-interpretation. Americans became engaged in a common enterprise and shared values, rather than an aggrigate of individuals. It is this self-illumination of a people that formed a constitution as higher law, popular sovereignty, legislative supremacy, the deliberative process and a virtuous people. This volume examines documents such as the Pilgrim Code of Law, covenants, compacts, oaths of citizenship, as an example of self-illumination. Such moral objectives cannot be traced to previous authors or civilizations. We have, indeed, a most remarkable and unique contribution to mankind, that is now being assailed as less than it is. Taking this idea further than Voegelin, I maintain the founders believed they were Christian, embued with divine guidance and inspiration, just like those who wrote the New Testament. This would be the internal illumination that caused a people to be virtuous. Clearly, today we neither believe America had its roots as a Christian nation, nor do we acknowledge Christianity will save us from the self-destruction of the present. Dissention arises from the view that we dont need a non-existent God, nor to hear from those who do believe in Him. Well, how did we get to this point? I trace it back to Darwin. His theory of evolution didnt provide any proof of anything, but it opened the door to a change in perception about God. Prior to the Civil War, nobody really outright denied the existence of God. The whole world acknowledged God, more or less. But Darwin launched a scientific excuse for exalting Man in the form of Humanism and socialistic tyrrany
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 03:14:45 +0000
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