Wednesday, January 14, 2009

What framed the thinking of the Nations founding fathers?

Psalm 103:19 ...his kingdom rules over all....

Now the framer's of our nation are not the standard either. Just because they didn’t use everything possible from the Law, doesn’t mean they thought it didn’t apply. They worked as a group and had to come to consensus.

I listened to David Barton’s developing a Biblical world view cd again today. James Wilson started the first law school in America. In his Constitutional Law books students were taught that human Law must rest itself on the authority of that which is Devine.....

Charles Finney while studying to be a lawyer in the early 1800's, the Law books were so full of the Biblical basis for the law that he got saved while training to be a lawyer.

Barton points out that the most quoted book use by signers of the declaration of independence was the “Two Treatise of Civil Government “ from the 1700's about the proper operation of civil government. He says this book has one thousand seven hundred bible verses in it.

He states that from Jer 17:9 .... we get the separation of powers
Isa 32:22.... 3 branches of Government
Ezra 7:24... tax exemption for churches
Ex 18:21,22 ...article 4 of the constitution
Deut 17:6 ...Article 3 section3 part1
Ezek 18:20 ....Article 3 section2

A study found that 34% of all political quotes by the founding fathers had the Bible in them....

He asked and then answered in the affirmative that the Bible speaks to these following issues....
Capitol gains,
estate taxs,
property zoning,
minimum wage,
victims rights,
5day 40hr work week,
no fault divorce.... etc,etc

(someone should tell the bible colleges and seminaries!)

Barton stressed this verse at the end…

Jos 1:8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

(Question, were the founding father freaks , or were they following and advancing the historical Christian understanding of the Bible?)

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