America: Remember Your Roots

Started by carlb, September 05, 2015, 04:13:59 PM

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carlb

My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge

Mayflower Compact : 1620
Agreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth : 1620

IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.

Having undertaken for the Glory of God, and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the first Colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid: And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.

IN WITNESS whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape-Cod the eleventh of November, in the Reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, Anno Domini; 1620.

Mr. John Carver,
Mr. William Bradford,
Mr Edward Winslow,
Mr. William Brewster.
Isaac Allerton,
Myles Standish,
John Alden,
John Turner,
Francis Eaton,
James Chilton,
John Craxton,
John Billington,
Joses Fletcher,
John Goodman,
Mr. Samuel Fuller,
Mr. Christopher Martin,
Mr. William Mullins,
Mr. William White,
Mr. Richard Warren,
John Howland,
Mr. Steven Hopkins,
Digery Priest,
Thomas Williams,
Gilbert Winslow,
Edmund Margesson,
Peter Brown,
Richard Britteridge
George Soule,
Edward Tilly,
John Tilly,
Francis Cooke,
Thomas Rogers,
Thomas Tinker,
John Ridgdale
Edward Fuller,
Richard Clark,
Richard Gardiner,
Mr. John Allerton,
Thomas English,
Edward Doten,
Edward Liester.
Source:
The Federal an

carlb

From George Washington's Farewell Address;
And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle

carlb

Alabama's Constitution


Preamble:
We, the people of the State of Alabama, in order to establish justice, insure domestic tranquillity, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution and form of government for the State of Alabama:

Section 1:
That all men are equally free and independent; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

carlb

Arkansas Constitution

Arkansas

Preamble:
We, the People of the State of Arkansas, grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government; for our civil and religious liberty; and desiring to perpetuate its blessings, and secure the same to our selves and posterity; do ordain and establish this Constitution.

Article 2, Section 24:
All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences;

Article 19:
No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any Court.

carlb

The Constitution of my own state:


Michigan

Preamble:
We, the people of the State of Michigan, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom, and earnestly desiring to secure these blessings undiminished to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution.

Article 1, Section 4:
Every person shall be at liberty to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience

carlb

Yes, the Christian West
Religion is a pillar of our civilization. We shouldn't apologize for it


It is strategic folly, and a betrayal of the nature of our civilization and its history, for American and other Western leaders to attempt to defend against Muslim extremism while conducting an excruciating charade to pretend that the West is un-Christian. Fortunately, that is not true, and the Islamists should know it.

Read more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/354746/yes-christian-west-conrad-black

kroz

Thank you carib for this impressive example of our Christian roots.

There is a concerted effort to bury these facts and exclude them from our education system.  Therefore we have raised up a generation of godless pagans.   And we wonder why we are experiencing such chaos!   :ohmy:

carlb

Quote from: kroz on September 07, 2015, 08:58:21 AM
Thank you carib for this impressive example of our Christian roots.

There is a concerted effort to bury these facts and exclude them from our education system.  Therefore we have raised up a generation of godless pagans.   And we wonder why we are experiencing such chaos!   :ohmy:

I'm not done yet.  :laugh:

kroz


red_dirt


kroz

Quote from: red_dirt on September 07, 2015, 04:26:55 PM
This is how America earned the title, "Covenant Nation."

Why don't you post more information on that, red_dirt.  It sounds like something worth noting!   :wink:

red_dirt

Quote from: kroz on September 07, 2015, 04:28:36 PM
Why don't you post more information on that, red_dirt.  It sounds like something worth noting!   :wink:

My favorite source on this is Marshall's "The Light and the Glory." which details the travails and successes in the colonization of the America's, with a continuing theme of recounting events and coincidences virtually unexplainable other than the invisible hand of God working on the nation's behalf.  For example,  the sudden onset of heavy fog just as Washington started to cross the Delaware River.
Time after time, the colonists, no matter where they were, from St. Augustine, Jamestown, to Plymouth and Salem, followed the pattern of falling into drunkenness and debauchery, with one colony after another either failing or being on the verge of failure.  Again and again,  the monarchs and the church would be forced to send in strong leaders, such as the Puritan Priest Mather or the strict  Governor John Quincy, to, pardon the impolite,  kick ass and take names.  Part of that process was to enforce the religious covenant. Knock off the booze, go to your own home at nightfall, and get back to work. First and foremost, your attendance on Sunday mornings is no longer optional.  Wonder of wonders, when the covenants were enforced, the jurisdictions prospered.  :biggrin:

Not incidentally, the principle is literally between every line of the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

kroz

Quote from: red_dirt on September 07, 2015, 06:17:34 PM
My favorite source on this is Marshall's "The Light and the Glory." which details the travails and successes in the colonization of the America's, with a continuing theme of recounting events and coincidences virtually unexplainable other than the invisible hand of God working on the nation's behalf.  For example,  the sudden onset of heavy fog just as Washington started to cross the Delaware River.
Time after time, the colonists, no matter where they were, from St. Augustine, Jamestown, to Plymouth and Salem, followed the pattern of falling into drunkenness and debauchery, with one colony after another either failing or being on the verge of failure.  Again and again,  the monarchs and the church would be forced to send in strong leaders, such as the Puritan Priest Mather or the strict  Governor John Quincy, to, pardon the impolite,  kick ass and take names.  Part of that process was to enforce the religious covenant. Knock off the booze, go to your own home at nightfall, and get back to work. First and foremost, your attendance on Sunday mornings is no longer optional.  Wonder of wonders, when the covenants were enforced, the jurisdictions prospered.  :biggrin:

Not incidentally, the principle is literally between every line of the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.

Great post, red_dirt.  I would agree with that!!

Although, forcing people to go to church sounds a bit extreme..  :biggrin:

red_dirt

Quote from: kroz on September 07, 2015, 06:52:05 PM
Great post, red_dirt.  I would agree with that!!
Although, forcing people to go to church sounds a bit extreme..  :biggrin:

Henry Ford, holding a clip board,  stood next to the pastor and checked off names. Not everyone, but it was indeed "highly recommended"  for company officers.
In most company towns, the leaders' business lives and personal lives were not so separate. I think it maintained a sense of community. The communists taught labor to hate management, much in the same way Washington teaches people to hate the class above.

kroz

Quote from: red_dirt on September 08, 2015, 07:48:39 AM
Henry Ford, holding a clip board,  stood next to the pastor and checked off names. Not everyone, but it was indeed "highly recommended"  for company officers.
In most company towns, the leaders' business lives and personal lives were not so separate. I think it maintained a sense of community. The communists taught labor to hate management, much in the same way Washington teaches people to hate the class above.

Saw a movie yesterday that was all about returning America to it's roots.  It was "War Room ".  Highly recommend it.