DATELINE - Rise of Evangelism in America

You know any atheists that thank God, who "rules among the nations", for providentially blessing them with good fortune?

it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge. In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow- citizens at large less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency;

All men being equal does not mean all cultures are equal.

Lay down the multi-cultural peace pipe for once and read the documents, and pay attention to the whole Bible.

God created men in his image, nor does it change the fact Jesus says preach the gospel to all men.

But men are equal in the sense of all granted certain rights by virtue of being created in the image of God.

That doesn't mean all men as sinners don't deserve death, and indeed all men die.

Indeed, if you look at the Torah, no man is above the Law, right?

One more note on the Law. The Torah depicts all men as subject individually and nations corporately to the Law. That's the same thing the Declaration was stating, that all men are equal in the sense of equal before the law with the same basic rights.Do you not see that?

some have birthrights, some don't. some children are born special, as kings, or as the founders of bastard nations.

randman writes:Does the following suggest an "abstract God" to you?

That's the same with the Declaration (American) concept of equality. The founders were not saying all men were borne with equal possessions, equal talents, or equal destinies even. They were talking of equal rights granted by God, equality under the law, and so does the Torah.

The reason the idolaters face the wrath of God is due to their behaviour, not that they were not created in the image of God.

That's also similar to the founders and Washington's beliefs that they were special and chosen as well to pioneer the concepts of freedom and equality in rights in this new nation.

And the Law and the Prophers are not just about making the Jews feel special.

Did not God send Jonah to the Ninevites? And when they repented, God forgave them right?