Understanding the Declaration of Independence - 9 Key Concepts Everyone Should Know

Understand 9 Key Concepts on Understanding the Declaration. How the Declaration of Independence and Constitution are designed to work together. Freedom, Liberty, Founding Fathers, Bill of RIghts, July 4th, Key principles, American History, Boston Tea Party

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[TheJord1985]

"that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the concent of the governed" he says"the reason for the governments exists is to secure those rights".... but to secure those rights wouldnt you have to beleive in a supreme being who endowed you those rights ? So apparently atheist dont have rights.. hah

[cmseibert]

@TheJord1985 answer – 2 views – 1) rights are inalienable and given by God and therefore cannot be taken away 2) rights are given by government – the govt bequeaths or the govt takes away. An atheists’ rights are most protected under a system where a majority of citizens believe God grants rights and that government is not the final authority, but there is a higher authority.

[cmseibert]

@TheJord1985 This system actually allows the atheist the most freedom, because all though he/she does not believe in a higher power, a majority does, so their rights are protected. If however, govt is viewed as final authority and God is irrelevant, you have tribalism. Whatever tribe gets in power dominates all other tribes and anything goes because might makes right. ~ The essence of Tyranny.

[breedofthe45]

Don't you know the Constitution is creationists propaganda? Since the words "all men are CREATED equal",are in it. The Separation of Religion and State commands you to be an atheist, or anything except a christian.You must Belive in Evolution even against your will. Also under Separation of religion and state, the Constitution needs to be replace, Karl Marx' Communists Manifesto is a true scientifical Fact to be use instead of a creationists propaganda like the Constitution.

Atheism=Madness

[cmseibert]

@breedofthe45 great satire I hope. I suspect your comments will create some great comments.

[ebonyfax2]

The Underground Railroad has been greatly exaggerated by historians.

Truth is: Very few slaves tried to flee. Even those who lived on border states, including those who literally lived on state lines with free states, didn't care to walk the few steps to "freedom."

[moshcustom]

How about that list @ 6:35? Sounds almost like the contemporary government, no?

[suddenlyitsobvious]

...reality, now that we have the luxury of knowing how the US (and the world!) fared since the signing of the Declaration, what the nature is of the system that progressively developed once control was taken under the auspices of these wonderful humanistic ideals -to be secured of course by GOVERNMENT (govern - mente; govern minds)- it becomes somewhat naive to continue assuming that the signatories were such kindhearted luminaries.

[suddenlyitsobvious]

The system is always very eloquent and adept at producing high-flying values of 'humanity' and 'brotherhood' and 'liberty' and soforth when it is convenient.

The founding fathers have today taken on a saint-like aura in the eyes of the masses but the SECRETIVE masonic control behind it all indicates some caution is advised.

What if it was simply decided in high places that a separation from Great-Britain was a convenient and necessary stage for increasing control of global affairs? In...

[JivanFeliciano]

............what?

[GUALLACOL]

On 2 July 1776 the Declaration of Independence of the U.S. was declared! On 4 July 1776 our forefathers went public.  On 2 August 1776 the document was completed for signatures!

[joraejean]

It is nice to see, we are following the Constitution. States do run their own programs for schools, roads and their own laws....Fed have always, from the onstitution on, done what the constitution states...Military, Postal and General wealfare...Are you trying to say, the Center for Disease should be run by each state? What department in the Feds goverance is outside connon sense using their ability to pass on knowlege ad rules of that knowledge?

[joraejean]

You sort of present this as if, it has changed...The Federal government basically was allowed to set up what was legal and not, the military, postal acknowledge each state has their own Congress. They do...The federal government sends mony to states who run short with their own funds, that run their own schools, roads...etc...You want to stop the Federal government from sending money?