Peter and paul still say that the king is the minister to all, the minister of god, a revenger on those who do evil. So the message some of these loyalists said was, obey all rulers, even the bad ones. Respect authority because god put them in authority for a reason. So what you call patriotism is really just ambition. Its selfishness in disguise. And all patriotic revolts do is create more violence. Now what about the patriotic argument . What are the patriots going to do with texts like fear god and honor the king . What are the patriots going to do with texts that say that the Civil Authority are the revengers of god on wrongdoers, obey them just as if youre obeying god . What can you do with that . Is there anywhere you can go with that . Well, of course. Lets see. Jonathan mayhew, long before the revolution, concerning unlimited submission. That title is really helpful. And people like john adams cousins use this text and many, many others. And lets thing about their argument. The
Respect authority because god put them in authority for a reason. So what you call patriotism is really just ambition. Its selfishness in disguise. And all patriotic revolts do is create more violence. Now what about the patriotic argument . What are the patriots going to do with texts like fear god and honor the king . What are the patriots going to do with texts that say that the Civil Authority are the revengers of god on wrongdoers, obey them just as if youre obeying god . What can you do with that . Is there anywhere you can go with that . Well, of course. Lets see. Jonathan mayhew, long before the revolution, concerning unlimited submission. That title is really helpful. And people like john adams cousins use this text and many, many others. And lets thing about their argument. They say, look again at the historical context. Peter and paul, what they were really doing was making general statements about respecting authority. Submission didnt mean unlimited submission to any king
Thank you, danielle. Good afternoon, everyone. I hope you enjoyed your time at lunch and in the museum. If you will please take a moment to silence your cell phone or any other device that you might have with you. Please join me in giving our speak areas round of applause, theyve done an outstanding job. Today has really been an interesting look at how the bible influenced the people and events of the American Revolution and our nations founding. Im going to thank you to those that have submitted questions. Im going to randomly go through these. For our speakers. Well start with are dr. Kidd. Franklin quoted god helps those who help themselves, and can you put that into context in your remarks of franklins belief . Well, that is an example of franklin, that Poor Richards almanac was full of aphorisms that sounded like proverbs and sometimes they were proverbs. And i think that that type of philosophy, of god helps those who help themselves, is an excellent example of this type of empha
Would both be alive today sniem and now the marching band. All right. Obviously this is a tragedy. Its more complicated than that. If were going to start addressing issues you have to talk about domestic abuse, mental illness, the head trauma, the football and the drugs they give the guys for pain. Im assuming that costas is leaving to that cleatus, the fox robot. Still he was trying to start a conversation. He succeeded. That belonged on nbc cable channel. Then you expect that over there. You dont expect that during a Football Game its nfl sunday. Its half time. God bless america is playing in the background. Do i really want bob costas giving me a dissertation on the Second Amendment . I want to watch football jon really . Thats when i go take a piss. But okay. Yes an nfl half time show is no time to talk about violence in the nfl. Its a time to watch endless slowmotion replays of that todays hardest hits. That was a great hit. Yeah, i think the guys brain came out of his ear hole on
Talk about them. I like listening to people on the radio call in to talk about sports. You know what i do with that knowledge . I make cantmiss bets. You know what i do with my winnings . You think i do nice things with them for society . No. I spend all my gambling winnings on the first commercial i see after a game ends. Hello, brooklyn lantern. Looks like some people wont have to eat pasta again with a flashlight. No by the way i do want to tell that woman you could have just somebody hold the flashlight. Then you could hold it for somebody. Because i can tell youre really frustrated. The sports world has suffered tragic off the field incidents. The dallas cow buoys lost a player in a drunk driving accident and the murdersuicide a week before. That led to sports commentator bob costas commentating on this at half time you want actual perspective on this . A bit of it comes from the kansas city based writer jason whittlock from the end of his article. Our current gun control ensures