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Who is the Creator refered to in the Declaration of Independence?

Who or what was the creator referred to in the Declaration of Independence?

  • The God of Jacob

    Votes: 2 6.7%
  • The Higher Power

    Votes: 4 13.3%
  • The Force

    Votes: 2 6.7%
  • The Trinity

    Votes: 1 3.3%
  • The God Within

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • It's a Metaphor

    Votes: 7 23.3%
  • God

    Votes: 11 36.7%
  • George Burns

    Votes: 2 6.7%
  • G-d

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Allah

    Votes: 1 3.3%

  • Total voters
    30

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Who was the creator referred to in the declaration of independence?

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, 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.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
 
God and Allah are the same. "Allah" is just "God" translated into Arabic.

While you're at it, might want to add "Senor"
 
Chuck Norris.
 
George Burns of course.
 
I sure am. :thumbs:

Interesting! I had you pegged as a Catholic for whatever reason. Not that it matters, of course. I guess you just sound alot like some of my Irish Catholic cousins. ;)
 
Don't you mean Sho'va? Jaffa were the name for the soldiers. Sho'va was the insult. :2wave:
A Jaffa is a seedless orange shmuck, so Chucky fires blanks;)
 
Interesting! I had you pegged as a Catholic for whatever reason. Not that it matters, of course. I guess you just sound alot like some of my Irish Catholic cousins. ;)




:lol: My upbringing was a-religious, but I am of an Irish catholic family. :thumbs:
 
Who was the creator referred to in the declaration of independence?

Me. :mrgreen:

But seriously, it refers to whomever you want it to refer to. That's why they didn't make it specific.
 
Me. :mrgreen:

But seriously, it refers to whomever you want it to refer to. That's why they didn't make it specific.

Actually, the paragraph before, which was in my opening post as well, does mention God...;)

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, 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.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
 
Actually, the paragraph before, which was in my opening post as well, does mention God...;)

OK, but it still doesn't name a specific God. I think it was intentionally left open to interpretation. It can mean anything you want it to mean.
 
OK, but it still doesn't name a specific God. I think it was intentionally left open to interpretation. It can mean anything you want it to mean.

You can say whatever you want to say... :rofl :spin:
 
At the time I would say, if asked, they would have said God (YHWH), the God of Jacob is what most citizens would identify with given Christianity was predominent. However, in the sense of how it was written in the DoI, it meant a higher power (creator, not simply a physical force), as each individual would decide for himself. A mere physical force could not bestow rights upon man.
 
Didn't anyone take history? Most of the founding fathers were deists, who believed that God had made the universe but then stepped back from it, a divine clock maker, so to speak. That is what they were likely referring to. Remember, the DOI's author rewrote the bible to remove any reference of Jesus' divinity.
 
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