by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Economics, Founding Fathers, Money, Politics
Benjamin Franklin was asked how he could explain the remarkable prosperity of the New England Colonies. Franklin replied: “Why, that is simple! In the Colonies, we issue our own paper money. It’s called ‘Colonial Scrip.’ We issue it to pay the government’s approved...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
The Faith of Benjamin Franklin: On March 9, 1790, Benjamin Franklin wrote to Ezra Stiles, President of Yale University: Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshiped. That the...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
On June 28, 1813, in a letter to Thomas Jefferson, John Adams wrote: The general principles, on which the Fathers achieved independence, were the only Principles in which that beautiful Assembly of young Gentlemen could Unite… .And what were these general Principles?...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
In his first Inaugural Address in 1801, President Thomas Jefferson stated: Let us, then, with courage and confidence pursue our own federal and republican principles…. enlightened by a benign religion, professed, indeed, and practiced in various forms, yet all of them...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
James Madison, founding father, known as the “chief architect of the Constitution,” on June 20, 1785, wrote in regard to the relationship between religion and civil government. “Religion is the basis and Foundation of Government…. We have staked the...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Founding Fathers, Politics
In the Church of Virginia on May 10, 1789, Washington stated: If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed by the Convention, where I had the honor to preside, might possibly endanger the religious rights of any ecclesiastical...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Libertarian Politics, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND 6/5/2010 Tom & Margo, I would be interested in hearing your Christian perspective on the following article. I find that I agree largely with it, and I see a Christian solution being one of principally “self-government” – government over...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND The Medical Consequences of Attacking Iraq: By Helen CaldicottApril 10, 2002 This San Francisco Chronicle editorial was on the subject of using U238 for armament and projectiles. The article implicated the morality of the Bush...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
By: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND —– Original Message —– From: “Jonathan” To: “Thomas Abshier” Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 11:34 AMSubject: Bush Cites Religion as Factor in Miers’ Nomination Bush Cites Religion as Factor in...
by drthomas | Mar 16, 2019 | Christianity in Politics, Politics
by: Thomas Lee Abshier, ND Right to Privacy – Society has recently elevated the right to privacy to being one of the cardinal social/moral virtues. Select behavior once considered taboo, typically around sexual behaviors or drug use, are now off limits for prosecution...
