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"If a human lives for four score years and the state is forever, then the state should be able to do whatever is neccesary for the so-called greater good. But, if it's the soul that is immortal, as that old Oxford don C.S. Lewis used to say, then it's the state that is passing away. Which means individual rights are paramount.

The whole point of 'one nation under God' in the American Pledge Of Allegiance is recognition that the government isn't God. Individual rights are the basis for the foundation of the United States, and much of this philosophy came from American preachers like Thomas Hooker, who argued for the 'priesthood of believers', insisting that since the Holy Spirit resided in the heart of every person, each person should be able to vote and live their conscience. In short, we're the government. You and me and all the people."

Thomas Greanias

Does a subject get any better? Government and religion........


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Though my soul may set in darkness,
It will rise in perfect light.
I have loved the stars too fondly,
To be fearful of the night." Sarah Williams

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