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First Principles: Everyone Has the Right To Worship According To Their Conscience
“As neither reason requires, nor religion permits the contrary, every man living in or out of a state of civil society, has a right peaceably and quietly to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience.” –Samuel Adams, A … Continue reading
The Howling Man
In a continuation of my promise to my eldest princess and based on The Twilight Zone, Season 2: Episode 5: The Howling Man by Michael Romani It seems that life will always have its frustrations Some that lead us into … Continue reading
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Tagged Appearances, Burden, Cunning, Darkness, Deception, Evil, Frustration, Goodness, Hell, Hemitage, Illusions, Leachery, Madness, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promise, Religion, Sanctuary, Satan, The Howling Man, The Twilight Zone, Treachery, Truth
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: Daniel Defoe – The Shortest Way with the Dissenters
Born on September 13, 1660, the English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy Daniel Defoe fka as Daniel Foe became famous popularizing the writing form known as a novel with his works including Robinson Crusoe prior to his passing on … Continue reading
First Principles: Heresies In Politics and Religion Are Rarely Cured By Persecution
“In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.” – Alexander Hamilton in Federalist No. 1 (1787) … Continue reading
First Principles: Faith Mitigates the Wickedness of Humanity
“If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?” —Benjamin Franklin
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Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Faith, First Principles, Man, Mitigation, Morality, Religion, Wickedness
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First Principles: Steady Employment and Regular Worship Is For the Nation’s Good
“The almost general mediocrity of fortune that prevails in America obliging its people to follow some business for subsistence, those vices, that arise usually from idleness, are in a great measure prevented. Industry and constant employment are great preservatives of … Continue reading
First Principles: Political Conversion Is Best Done Through Persuasion
“In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.” – Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 1, 1787 Federalist No. 1 may be read … Continue reading
First Principles: This Republic Has Freedom of Religion; Not From
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not … Continue reading
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Tagged Danbury Baptists, First Amendment, First Principles, Free Will, Religion, Thomas Jefferson, Wall
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First Principles: Good Morals Are the Only True Support of Good Government
“For avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy… the only ground of hope must be on the morals of the people. I believe that religion is the only solid base of morals and that morals are the only possible support … Continue reading
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Tagged Anarchy, Despotism, Duties, Education, Exremes, First Principles, Free Government, Freedom, Morals, Religion
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 