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bobbyw24
10-12-2010, 04:46 AM
America was founded on the belief that God is the source of liberty. That is why the inscription on the Liberty Bell is from the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible (Leviticus 25): (SET ITAL) "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof."(END ITAL)

The Declaration of Independence also asserts this link: All men "are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Because the Creator of the world is the source of our freedom, no state, no human being, no government may take it away. If the state were the source of liberty, then obviously the state could take it away.

Both reason and American values therefore make these claims:

1. The more important the state is, the less the liberty.

2. The more important God is, the smaller the state.

3. Therefore, the more important God is, the more liberty there is.

http://townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2010/10/12/god,_liberals_and_liberty

Nate-ForLiberty
10-12-2010, 08:29 AM
America was founded on the belief that God is the source of liberty. That is why the inscription on the Liberty Bell is from the Old Testament, the Hebrew Bible (Leviticus 25): (SET ITAL) "Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof."(END ITAL)

The Declaration of Independence also asserts this link: All men "are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Because the Creator of the world is the source of our freedom, no state, no human being, no government may take it away. If the state were the source of liberty, then obviously the state could take it away.

Both reason and American values therefore make these claims:

1. The more important the state is, the less the liberty.

2. The more important God is, the smaller the state.

3. Therefore, the more important God is, the more liberty there is.

http://townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2010/10/12/god,_liberals_and_liberty

4. Since God has no equal, there should not be a state at all.



To use this kind of logic and then support any kind of government spits in the face of "The Creator".


The concept of "God" has been around for a very long time, but human history is just now starting to show signs of sustained personal Liberty. Therefore, God and Liberty are not reciprocal.

erowe1
10-12-2010, 08:35 AM
4. Since God has no equal, there should not be a state at all.



To use this kind of logic and then support any kind of government spits in the face of "The Creator".


The concept of "God" has been around for a very long time, but human history is just now starting to show signs of sustained personal Liberty. Therefore, God and Liberty are not reciprocal.

First you conclude (rightly) that the logic of the above syllogism leads naturally to the conclusion that there ought to be no state. Then you change terminology and say that it also means that there ought to be no government of any kind.

But the syllogism doesn't address the general issue of "government of any kind." It only addresses one particular form of government, the state.