Why Did the Founding Fathers Say Our Rights Come from God?

[Wyatt earp]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

You must of hated the T.V. show little house on the prairie huh?


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[BlindBoo]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

Note no claim of TAKING or GRANTING of Rights.

I disagree.

"establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty"

 

[rightwinger]

A: Because if your Rights come from a government then that means the government can take them away.

The Founding Fathers were all about limiting the power of government.

Not in the Constitution

depends on how you construe "PROMOTE THE GENERAL WELFARE..."

It means do what is in the best interests of We the People

Yeah American citizens


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That’s what We the People means

 

[BlindBoo]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

You must of hated the T.V. show little house on the prairie huh?


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That was the show with "Little Joe" wasn't it?

 

[Picaro]

yes NATURAL RIGHTS FOR ALL-----Jefferson may have slept around----and
INDULGED HIMSELF------but he was a good writer

He mostly plagiarized George Mason and others.

Mason is one of the few who were the genuine article, and probably my favorite 'Founder' after Madison.

 

[Weatherman2020]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

Like I said, the Left are totally ignorant of history. The US Constitution is not a Founding document.

America began as a Confederacy. It was not until 1789 was a correction to that error made and the US Constitution ratified.

 

[rightwinger]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

Like I said, the Left are totally ignorant of history. The US Constitution is not a Founding document.

America began as a Confederacy. It was not until 1789 was a correction to that error made and the US Constitution ratified.

The Constitution is THE founding document

 

[BlindBoo]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

Like I said, the Left are totally ignorant of history. The US Constitution is not a Founding document.

America began as a Confederacy. It was not until 1789 was a correction to that error made and the US Constitution ratified.

The Constitution is not a founding document? Wow.

Well they certain proved they had no faith that this supernatural being would secure the unalienable Rights.

"-That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, "

 

[BlindBoo]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

Like I said, the Left are totally ignorant of history. The US Constitution is not a Founding document.

America began as a Confederacy. It was not until 1789 was a correction to that error made and the US Constitution ratified.

The Constitution is THE founding document

Well the DOI did have some pretty liberal ideas at the time, and is considered one of the founding documents.

 

[irosie91]

are we playing semantics?

 

[Weatherman2020]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

Like I said, the Left are totally ignorant of history. The US Constitution is not a Founding document.

America began as a Confederacy. It was not until 1789 was a correction to that error made and the US Constitution ratified.

The Constitution is THE founding document

You people are sooooo ignorant to claim America did not exist until 1789.

 

[rightwinger]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

Like I said, the Left are totally ignorant of history. The US Constitution is not a Founding document.

America began as a Confederacy. It was not until 1789 was a correction to that error made and the US Constitution ratified.

The Constitution is THE founding document

Well the DOI did have some pretty liberal ideas at the time, and is considered one of the founding documents.

The Declaration of Independence has no legislative authority

Outside of its opening paragraphs, it is an airing of grievances against the crown

 

[rightwinger]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

Like I said, the Left are totally ignorant of history. The US Constitution is not a Founding document.

America began as a Confederacy. It was not until 1789 was a correction to that error made and the US Constitution ratified.

The Constitution is THE founding document

You people are sooooo ignorant to claim America did not exist until 1789.

It was the Constitution that laid the groundwork for our form of government
It is the Constitution that has been in effect for over 200 years

The Constitution is THE founding document

 

[BlindBoo]

are we playing semantics?

Must be. I believe my creator is Mother Earth. If you want to call Her God, okay by me.

 

[Weatherman2020]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

Like I said, the Left are totally ignorant of history. The US Constitution is not a Founding document.

America began as a Confederacy. It was not until 1789 was a correction to that error made and the US Constitution ratified.

The Constitution is THE founding document

You people are sooooo ignorant to claim America did not exist until 1789.

It was the Constitution that laid the groundwork for our form of government
It is the Constitution that has been in effect for over 200 years

The Constitution is THE founding document

America was Founded on July 4, 1776. It began with the Articles of Confederation. Decades later they finally corrected that mistake with a Constitutional form of government.

When read together, the Declaration and Constitution tell us that the people’s rights are divine in origin, sacred and unalienable, while governments are human in origin, answerable to the people and dependent entirely on their consent.

 

[BlindBoo]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

Like I said, the Left are totally ignorant of history. The US Constitution is not a Founding document.

America began as a Confederacy. It was not until 1789 was a correction to that error made and the US Constitution ratified.

The Constitution is THE founding document

Well the DOI did have some pretty liberal ideas at the time, and is considered one of the founding documents.

The Declaration of Independence has no legislative authority

Outside of its opening paragraphs, it is an airing of grievances against the crown

Even the opening paragraph was a grievance against the justification of the Crown. In it they laid out the founding principle of government by the consent of the people not by a King or Royal family.

 

[BlindBoo]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

Like I said, the Left are totally ignorant of history. The US Constitution is not a Founding document.

America began as a Confederacy. It was not until 1789 was a correction to that error made and the US Constitution ratified.

The Constitution is THE founding document

You people are sooooo ignorant to claim America did not exist until 1789.

It was the Constitution that laid the groundwork for our form of government
It is the Constitution that has been in effect for over 200 years

The Constitution is THE founding document

America was Founded on July 4, 1776. It began with the Articles of Confederation. Decades later they finally corrected that mistake with a Constitutional form of government.

When read together, the Declaration and Constitution tell us that the people’s rights are divine in origin, sacred and unalienable, while governments are human in origin, answerable to the people and dependent entirely on their consent.

The USA was founded by the Constitution. It is based on the founding principle from the DOI that the power of the government is derived from the people. One of the duties of government is to protect our inherit rights bestowed upon us by our creator.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Like I said, the Left are totally ignorant of history. The US Constitution is not a Founding document.

America began as a Confederacy. It was not until 1789 was a correction to that error made and the US Constitution ratified.

The Constitution is THE founding document

You people are sooooo ignorant to claim America did not exist until 1789.

It was the Constitution that laid the groundwork for our form of government
It is the Constitution that has been in effect for over 200 years

The Constitution is THE founding document

America was Founded on July 4, 1776. It began with the Articles of Confederation. Decades later they finally corrected that mistake with a Constitutional form of government.

When read together, the Declaration and Constitution tell us that the people’s rights are divine in origin, sacred and unalienable, while governments are human in origin, answerable to the people and dependent entirely on their consent.

The USA was founded by the Constitution. It is based on the founding principle from the DOI that the power of the government is derived from the people. One of the duties of government is to protect our inherit rights bestowed upon us by our creator.

The USA was founded by the Constitution.

Is that why the radification of the US Constitution is a national holiday?

 

[rightwinger]

The Constitution is THE founding document

You people are sooooo ignorant to claim America did not exist until 1789.

It was the Constitution that laid the groundwork for our form of government
It is the Constitution that has been in effect for over 200 years

The Constitution is THE founding document

America was Founded on July 4, 1776. It began with the Articles of Confederation. Decades later they finally corrected that mistake with a Constitutional form of government.

When read together, the Declaration and Constitution tell us that the people’s rights are divine in origin, sacred and unalienable, while governments are human in origin, answerable to the people and dependent entirely on their consent.

The USA was founded by the Constitution. It is based on the founding principle from the DOI that the power of the government is derived from the people. One of the duties of government is to protect our inherit rights bestowed upon us by our creator.

The USA was founded by the Constitution.

Is that why the radification of the US Constitution is a national holiday?

What national holiday is that?

 

[Correll]

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

The only mention of a supernatural being in our founding document is as a placeholder in time.

Note no claim of TAKING or GRANTING of Rights.

I disagree.

"establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty"

Which one of those, says that they are taking or giving Rights?