4th Principle of Freedom

Without Religion the Government of a Free People Cannot be Maintained.

It is foolish for groups and individuals to maintain that morals can be maintained without religion, or that morality is ‘old-fashioned’, ‘out-of-date’, or not needed anymore. We’ve seen the result of decades of this loss of morality and religion, how can people maintain that we’re better without it?

If the “Five points of fundamental religious belief” (see page 78, The 5000 Year Leap) were taught in our schools, people would be happy, there would be a purpose to life and a purpose to maintaining a government that grants liberty instead of captivity. If religion is not taught in your child’s school, you have two choices… you can change your child’s school, or you can change your child’s school. Meaning that you can attempt to influence the school board to encourage religious or at least moral instruction (which won’t happen as long as they are addicted to federal funds) or you can remove your child and place them in a different school (like a home school).

“The whole power over the subject of religion is left exclusively to the state governments…” (Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story as quoted in The 5000 Year Leap) There is not the impenetrable ‘wall’ between church and state at the State or local levels. The tenth amendment to the US Constitution states, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the constitution, nor prohibited by it (the constitution) to the States is left to the States respectively or to the people.” The constitution specifically states two things concerning religion, “…no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.” (Article Six, US Constitution) and “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…” (1^st Amendment, US Constitution) So according to the tenth amendment, since there is nothing in the constitution ‘prohibiting’ States from making a law respecting an establishment of religion, and nothing is ‘delegated’ to Congress to make such laws, then it is left to the States or the people to be able to make laws respecting establishments of religion. Thus it is appropriate and legal for state and county courthouses to display the ten commandments if they choose, it is appropriate and legal for schools to have the Pledge of Allegience and state that this is a “Nation under God”, it is appropriate and legal for schools to have a day of prayer or a moment of silence if they so choose. The US Constitution specifically prohibits the federal government from getting involved in such things and prohibiting such things. Obviously it is best that no one religion gets any preference under law, even state or local laws, but it is also best that God gets preference under law, as David was inspired to write, “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” (Psalms 9:17)