Declaration of
Independence
[Adopted in Congress 4 July 1776]
The Original Version of this Text was
Rendered into HTML by Jon Roland
of the Constitution Society
Converted to PDF by Danny Stone
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Declaration of Independence 1
The Unanimous Declaration of the
Thirteen United States of America
hen, in the course of human events, it becomes
necessary for one people to dissolve the political
bonds 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.

Last update: 20-07-2011 22:28

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C O N S T I T U T I O N O F T H E U N I T E D S T A T E S
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a
more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic
Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote
the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America.

Last update: 20-07-2011 22:28

Speculation has been flying around about whom John McCain will pick as VP?  And pundits have been saying that he needs to pick someone that is more like Ronald Reagan so he can capture more of the conservative Republican vote. 

            Even though Ronald Reagan was the first president I voted for, and he was the most conservative politician to come down the pike for a long time, we still should not compare our politicians today to any politician of the past.  Why?  Because the bar set by politicians keep changing.  The Republican Party is no longer the home of true conservatives and Ronald Reagan would not recognize it today as the same party he fought for through the 70’s and into the 80’s.  The reason I’m picking on the Republican Party and not the Democrat Party is, the Democrat Party left conservatism behind around Woodrow Wilson’s presidency and never looked back.  The Republican Party for many years had touted that they where the home of conservatism and the ideas of smaller government.

Last update: 02-06-2008 14:05

When reading anything, we must employ a hermeneutic. Usually we do this on the fly as we read.  The most simple hermeneutic is who, what, when, where, why, and how.  The one I use to study the Bible or an historical text is; lexical-syntactical, historical/cultural, contextual, theological (for my bible study), special literary methods.  In order to be faithful to the word of God, I must read, study and understand Gods word the way God wants it understood.  In order to do this I must have a logical method to employ so as not to misunderstand God’s word.  We must look at the U.S. Constitution in the same way. 

Last update: 02-06-2008 14:06