Protestantism

» pink101 - How America Was Founded

In response to Rephrase posted by BrianTubbs:
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You have often noted how important it is to seek out original sources when we're trying to figure some things out. That is true of America's founding as well.
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To answer the questions about how America was founded, it is necessary to go back to the founding days. Where did those people get those ideas and what--truly--was it that drove them?
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The ideas of "inalienable rights" and the "natural state" of man are central to the founding of America. And, these ideas were opposed by the churches as you must know. Tradition claimed that God caused people to be born into this or that social condition whereas the Enlightenment taught that it was society that formed people into what it was they were and that it was society that was responsible for the human condition. I am prepared to discuss the issues if you like.
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-- posted by pink101