15 November 2021 #MAGAanalysis #1AMinuteMen
The 21 Ideas That Formed America – Part 2
In each segment of this analysis I'll provide the 21 ideas, and the 6 points that contain. Today's focus will be on the 2nd point. Recognition will always be given to @shestokas, my teacher.
The 21 Ideas That Formed America – Part 2
In each segment of this analysis I'll provide the 21 ideas, and the 6 points that contain. Today's focus will be on the 2nd point. Recognition will always be given to @shestokas, my teacher.
2) Here's the list:
1) Hold
2) Truths
3) Self-Evident
4) Men
5) Created
6) Equal
7) Endowed
8) Creator
9) Unalienable
10) Rights
11) Life
12) Liberty
13) Pursuit Of Happiness
14) Secure
15) Governments
16) Instituted
17) Deriving
18) Just
19) Powers
20) Consent
21) Governed
1) Hold
2) Truths
3) Self-Evident
4) Men
5) Created
6) Equal
7) Endowed
8) Creator
9) Unalienable
10) Rights
11) Life
12) Liberty
13) Pursuit Of Happiness
14) Secure
15) Governments
16) Instituted
17) Deriving
18) Just
19) Powers
20) Consent
21) Governed
3) The first three points:
1) We hold these truths to be self-evident
2) That all men are created equal
3) That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights
1) We hold these truths to be self-evident
2) That all men are created equal
3) That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights
4) The final three points:
4) That among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
5) That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men
6) Deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
4) That among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
5) That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men
6) Deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
5) We commence our work with the word "men." When Thomas Jefferson chose that word, it meant all humans. We must accept that there is something quite wrong in this. Our 19th amendment, which follows, corrects this failing.
6) The 19th...
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
7) It is critical that we contemplate that. "All men are created equal" was established in 1776. The 19th amendment was ratified in 1920. It took 144 years for us to correct this failure, but correct it we did.
8) Cause and effect matter, no matter how far distant in time they occur. Thomas Jefferson's statement that all men are created equal led, 144 years later, to the consequence that women were honored as equal citizens whose vote could not be denied.
9) In coming to terms with Jefferson's word "men," we are thereby constrained to its definition as humans. All humans are created equal. Male or female, no matter. Gender does NOT define a human. The word "men" only meant human, not one of our two genders.
10) Now we have to talk about the word "sex." It is both a verb and a noun. As a noun it refers to your gender, of which there are only two. As a verb, well, last count I heard was something like 156. Man on top is one. Man underneath another. Woman on woman, yep, another.
11) Truth is I couldn't care less about sex as a verb, unless I am personally involved. When I'm involved I care. Other than that, not one whit. Any consenting adult can engage in the verb, sex, in any way he or she desires. I don't judge. I mean that.
12) But the fact that the modern left seeks to confuse us over the difference between verb and noun, that I care about. There are only two genders. There may be infinite preferences, or identifications. Go for it. But there are only two genders. I assure you, this matters.
13) It is a regression to insist upon gay rights. There are human rights. Human rights cover everyone, regardless of their sexual appetites. The 19th amendment covers that either man or woman may vote equally. No other right regarding sex matters. America has addressed this.
14) I cannot too strongly emphasize that we must fight for our words. Our ideas. Our terms. Where we've gotten them wrong we must say so. Slavery was 100% wrong. We fought a Civil War over it. Lincoln gave his life for racial freedom. That is our 13th amendment.
15) All men are created equal. All humans are created equal. All men and women are created equal. Funny thing, I prefer Jefferson's original composition. I prefer that there be one word to include us all. But, if I were to change that word it would be from "men" to "humans."
16) We turn now to creation. All men are CREATED equal. In our next point we'll have to discuss our CREATOR, as well. Create is the verb. Creator is the noun. What does this verb mean, how were we created?
17) Let's start with what is indisputable. Personally, just like me, you had a father and a mother. It takes one of each gender to create a human. 23 chromosomes from each. Our fathers and mothers create us. Go ahead and argue if you will. This is true.
18) So how did that chicken and egg problem get started? In the Judeo/Christian Tradition, out of which our nation was born, it dates back to the Garden of Eden, when God created man and woman, Adam and Eve, the first father and mother.
19) To address this word, "created," we have to bring in two other terms: literal and figurative. Is there a literal personal God, and did He (or She or It or They) literally breathe the breath of life into Adam, then put him to sleep, take a rib and form woman?
20) Personally, I have no such belief. I do not believe in a personal deity, someone we may call God. I do not accept the literal version of the Genesis story. For me, it is a myth. I love myths with all my heart. But I do NOT, I absolutely do NOT accept them as literal truth.
21) "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
22) As you can see, I am covered by the 1st amendment. I am allowed to NOT believe in the literal factuality of a personal deity. I am allowed to embrace a myth as mythical, not factual, per my right of freedom of religion. Perhaps, freedom of non-religion? I believe so.
23) Let's pause here. Freedom of religion may be called freedom of worship, yes? And if you're truly free, you must be allowed to NOT worship, also, yes? Our founders believed that. That is how the 1st amendment came to be. Atheists and agnostics were included.
24) To truly understand, we have to back up. We have to go up to the preceding paragraph, which follows below...
25) "...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."
26) When Jefferson wrote "the Laws of Nature," AND of "Nature's God," he knew exactly what he was doing. Some folk accept - I am one of them - the Laws of Nature. Others accept the Laws of Nature's God. I am not one of them. Please meditate with me on this.
27) How was the universe, let alone man created? I do not know. I don't accept the Big Bang theory any more than I accept the Genesis story as literally factual. Thus, per creation itself, I am an agnostic. I confess, more, I profess that I do not know.
28) But what I do know is this. I know that I did not create myself. Thus, I was created. Some force or forces outside my power led to my creation. My father and mother's attraction to each other being an immediate cause, I still don't profess to know how life itself began.
29) Consider the beauty of Jefferson's terms. "...the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God..." We're allowed to choose. I choose the Laws of Nature. You most likely choose the Laws of Nature's God. But each of us is covered. We're all of us allowed.
30) I say again, it was @shestokas who taught me this. I say again, buy his book. Please. You need his book. We'll pick up with "equal" in our next episode. Just go buy Shestokas book now. I say again, you need it!
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