Should God’S Image Be Removed From The Image Of The United States
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“When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” - Declaration of Independence.
These were the very words Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and the many other forefathers of America upheld and signed on the Declaration of Independence on July 1776. Today, America asks the ominous of all human controversy. Should we remove God’s image in the most foundations and political representations of the US. That defines removing “In God We Trust” in the US dollar bills, changing B.C. to B.C.E, removing Bibles from court pledges, and etcetera.
I believe we the people do not have the soul right to remove God’s image in the US politically. This country we call home was discovered, founded, and established on the very name and belief in God. The Americas was discovered by the drive to spread God’s word. When Christopher Columbus found the “New World,” his mission was not only to find land, but also to convert natives to Christians. If the church hasn’t suggested finding new areas in the Americas to colonize and spread God’s word, I believe the US land won’t be as big as it is today.
Even our cultural basis was founded through the belief in God. The language we now use, English, was established by Christian believers thousands of years ago. It is modern dominantly Latin, French, Italian, Greek, and British English; all well known Christians. Our calendars and written language were borrowed from Christian beliefs. English names for planets, US holidays, and
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