Government A Godly Perspective The United States Designed

Government: A Godly Perspective The United States: Designed to be Godly John Adams – “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. ” Explain his statement

Government: A Godly Perspective The United States: Designed to be Godly How do you answer people that claim that the founding fathers of America were atheists or deists? George Washington – “It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. ” --- Explain his statement

Government: A Godly Perspective The United States: Designed to be Godly Let’s look at the influence the Bible had on official documents in the early part of U. S. history -Northwest Territories -- Days counted for action on a bill by the President

Government: A Godly Perspective The United States: Designed to be Godly -State constitutions and potential candidates for office -- Maryland Declaration of Rights --Declaration of Independence

Government: A Godly Perspective The United States: Designed to be Godly Let’s look at the influence the Bible had on the founding fathers based on their quotes: -Washington’s Farewell Address -Ben Franklin – (a deist – define) -Religion’s importance in education-

Government: A Godly Perspective The United States: Designed to be Godly -Alexander Solzhenitsyn. How have humanism and evolution undermined our godly heritage in this country?