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page 105 "The hand of Providence (the hand of God) has been so conspicuous in all this (the forming of America) that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations. (to God and country)" Commander-in-Chief George Washington to General Thomas Nelson, 1778
p 109 ...The peace treaty between Britain and America after the War for Independence showed a lot about those who fought the war. It said, 'In the name of the most holy and undivided Trinity...' It was signed by John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay on September 8, 1783. Let the students hear the words of those men instead of the twisted opinions of those who deny the very truth of our Founding Fathers faith. I want to give a seminar using what the schools call Critical Thinking Skills and apply that technique to the revisionist teaching of American history. Who will give me the opportunity to reach students with that lesson?
p 107, 108 Twenty thousand Bibles printed by Congress and given Congressional endorsement within its cover: "Whereupon, resolved, that the United States in Congress assembled...recommend this edition of the Bible to the inhabitants of the United States, " p 162,163,164,165 See the original words of our Founding Fathers on the supreme value of the Bible and religion in school and government, and life.
Dying Men's Words: Quotes from their last will and testament refutes modern claims that they were mostly atheists. Their words show strong faith in Jesus Christ as Eternal Savior. . p 134-138
Christian Organizations of the Founding Fathers: p 139, 140, 141, 142, 143 refuting claims that the founders were mostly deists by showing their affiliation with Christian organizations.
p 144 Thomas Jefferson writes to Charles Thompson, January 9, 1816 "I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus."
p 144, 145 Alexander Hamilton, "The attempt by the rulers of a nation (France) to destroy all religious opinion and to pervert a whole people to atheism is a phenomenon of profligacy (act of moral depravity) ... To establish atheism on the ruins of Christianity is to deprive mankind of its best consolations and most animating hopes and to make a gloomy desert of the universe.
page 124,125 Examples of false quotes criminally used to defame one or more of the Founding Fathers.
p 80,81 Their Belief in the Inseparability of Christianity from Teaching:
Other Issues: 1. Parent authority over what their children study. 2. Parent communication network so parents can have a united voice. 3. Elected school board members serving the parents who elected them more than the system of federal-state brave new-schools. Most parents believe in God. Under a true democracy, we would be able to have our children in a school which also believed in God. Under the original republican form of government guaranteed to us by the Constitution, we would also have our children in schools that acknowledged God and the things of God just as the first schools in America did. But we have allowed ourselves to be ruled by a small handfull of men on the Supreme Court who reversed the meaning of our First Amendment after a hundred and fifty years of it meaning just the opposite of how its applied today.
p 5, From the Foreword of the book, Original Intent:
p 343, Governor Morris, Penman and Signer of the Constitution, warned, "The most important of all lessons is the denunciation of ruin to every state that rejects the precepts of religion." Where are we?
All laws, however, may be arranged in two different classes. 1) Divine. 2) Human...But it should always be remembered that this law, natural or revealed, made for men or for nations, flows from the same Divine source: it is the law of God...Human law must rest its authority ultimately upon the authority of that law which is Divine. James Wilson, Signer of the Constitution, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
The law...dictated by God Himself is, of course, superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times. No human laws are of any validity if contrary to this. Alexander Hamilton, Signer of the Constitution. p 337
America's immutable principles of right and wrong were not based on the rapidly fluctuating feelings and emotions of the people but rather on what Montesquieu identified as the "principles that do not change." Benjamin Rush similarly observed: p 336 Where there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.
John Adams on being a statesman rather than a politician:
The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained. Inaugural Address, President George Washington
Benjamin Franklin: And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend? Or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?...Without His concurring aid...we ourselves shall become a reproach and a byword down to future ages.
Thomas Jefferson similarly cautioned: "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that His justice cannot sleep forever." p 334
Noah Webster: Our citizens should early understand that the genuine source of correct republican principles is the Bible,...particularly the New Testament, or the Christian religion. p 336 The education of youth should be watched with the most scrupulous attention. The education of youth lays the foundations on which both law and gospel rest. p 340
New Constitutionality: It is constitutional for congressional chaplains to pray(Marsh v Chambers, 1983) but unconstitutional for students to read those prayers ( State Board of Education v Board of Education of Netcong, 1970) This chapter shows new laws being based on the personal opinion of the judges. p 233-239
History of Changes in Education
Difference between Humanism and Christiani
John Dewey, atheistic Father of Modern Education
Humanism, polite word for atheism
Psalm 119:12 Blessed are you, O Jehovah; teach me Your statutes.
Psalm 119:4 You have commanded to carefully keep Your precepts.
Psalm 119:21 You have rebuked the proud, the cursed ones who go astray from Your commands.
Psalm 119:27 Make me understand the way of Your precepts, and I will meditate on Your wonders.
Ps 119:11 I have hidden Your word in my heart, that I might not sin against You.
Ps 119:18 Open my eyes and I will see wonderful things from Your law.
Ps 119:13 I have declared all the judgments of Your mouth with my lips.
Ps 119:16 I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.
Ps 119:19 I am an alien in the earth; hide not Your commandments from me.
Ps 119:5 Oh that my ways were fixed to keep Your statutes!
Ps 119:6 Then I shall not be ashamed when I look to all Your commands.
Motto's of Harvard used to be: "For the Glory of Christ" and "For Christ and the Church"
The "Old Deluder Satan Law" passed in Massachusetts in 1642 and in Connecticut in 1647 so people would be taught to read so they could read the Bible and have a more abundant life.
p 40, 41 The same Congress that framed the religion clause of the First Amendment showed what it meant by the simultaneous passage of the Northwest Ordinance wherein they coupled religion and schools. They expected religion to be forever taught and encouraged in the schools.
"Hearsay evidence is not allowed in a court of law;" Why is it allowed to replace and contradict the words of our Founders?
I want every student to be told how George Washington himself refutes a library book titled Washington and Religion. The new book emphatically denies the Christian faith which Washington firmly expressed. The book appears quite impressive, formally written, and authoritative. What student would know otherwise? It stands out boldly on the library shelf to declare its own opinion contrary to the clear words of George Washington himself. What cafeteria cook would be kept on who allowed rat poison to be offered on the same level as meat and potatoes? Isn't the cook responsible for keeping the food clean and clearly marking the poisons kept around the house?
"Such compliances (compromises)...of my honor, my conscience, my friends, my country, my God, as the Scriptures informs us must be punished with nothing less than hell-fire, eternal torment; and this is so unequal a price to pay for the honors and emoluments (profits from government)...that I cannot prevail upon myself to think of it (compromise). The duration of future punishment terrifies me. If I could but deceive myself so far as to think eternity a moment only, I could comply and be promoted. p 333,
The page references above are from the book, Original Intent, by David Barton, copyright 1996.
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