04-15-2008, 11:36 PM
The views of the founding fathers were many, and you and I have disagreed sharply over at least one of them in terms of his religion.
However, I think it fair to say that while they may have recognized God at the *creator* of liberty, it was the government of, by and for the people which would be the *guarantor* of liberty. They did not expect God to strike tyrants down with lightning bolts, they expected the people united to stand up to them.
-Jester
However, I think it fair to say that while they may have recognized God at the *creator* of liberty, it was the government of, by and for the people which would be the *guarantor* of liberty. They did not expect God to strike tyrants down with lightning bolts, they expected the people united to stand up to them.
-Jester