Biblical Worldview
The United States Constitution and Biblical Worldview
There is currently a major dispute on whether or not the United States Constitution correlates with a Biblical worldview. When the founders wrote the Constitution they wrote it based on what had thrived within many previous civilizations and people groups such as the Roman, the Greek, and the Hebrew which happens to be, the Bible. Research shows that, the U.S. Constitution was written by deriving ideas from several different philosophers, and many principals and passages from the Bible.
In the United States there is a current dispute on the involvement of a Biblical worldview in the U.S. Constitution. On both sides there is evidence pointing in their desired direction. Some evidence, in …show more content…
Constitution is, the separation of church and state. It is widely believed that the separation of church and state is in the Constitution; but, it is not. Another incorrect belief is that the separation of church and state means that the church and state may not be involved with each other or used by each other in any way. The separation of church and state was taken from a letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Church in 1802. In his letter Jefferson explains that separation of church and state means that; the government cannot control the church and, the church cannot control the …show more content…
Law by definition is, “The principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.” To make this simple in means rules established by a country for the wellbeing of their citizens. This is considered a major principal in the eyes of the U.S. people because without law our country would erupt in mad chaos. Another civilization we got principals from was the Hebrew. The Hebrew were also a Christian civilization. They also existed during the ancient times. The Hebrew civilization was smaller than the Roman and Greek. It was based right around Israel and Jerusalem. From the Hebrew the United States got a very important founding principle. If anything this principle is the most important out of any of them. The Hebrews gave us Judeo Christian ethic. Judeo Christian ethic is defined as the body of moral principles or values governing which are based on Judaism and Christianity. In other words this is the Christian principles the United States is based
There is currently a major dispute on whether or not the United States Constitution correlates with a Biblical worldview. When the founders wrote the Constitution they wrote it based on what had thrived within many previous civilizations and people groups such as the Roman, the Greek, and the Hebrew which happens to be, the Bible. Research shows that, the U.S. Constitution was written by deriving ideas from several different philosophers, and many principals and passages from the Bible.
In the United States there is a current dispute on the involvement of a Biblical worldview in the U.S. Constitution. On both sides there is evidence pointing in their desired direction. Some evidence, in …show more content…
Constitution is, the separation of church and state. It is widely believed that the separation of church and state is in the Constitution; but, it is not. Another incorrect belief is that the separation of church and state means that the church and state may not be involved with each other or used by each other in any way. The separation of church and state was taken from a letter from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Church in 1802. In his letter Jefferson explains that separation of church and state means that; the government cannot control the church and, the church cannot control the …show more content…
Law by definition is, “The principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.” To make this simple in means rules established by a country for the wellbeing of their citizens. This is considered a major principal in the eyes of the U.S. people because without law our country would erupt in mad chaos. Another civilization we got principals from was the Hebrew. The Hebrew were also a Christian civilization. They also existed during the ancient times. The Hebrew civilization was smaller than the Roman and Greek. It was based right around Israel and Jerusalem. From the Hebrew the United States got a very important founding principle. If anything this principle is the most important out of any of them. The Hebrews gave us Judeo Christian ethic. Judeo Christian ethic is defined as the body of moral principles or values governing which are based on Judaism and Christianity. In other words this is the Christian principles the United States is based