They have done an outstanding job. Today has really been an interesting look at how the bible influenced the people, and the events of the revolution after nations founding. Im going to thank those who have submitted questions, im just gonna randomly go through these for our speakers. We will start with doctor kid. Franklin quoted god, hey god helps those who help themselves. Can you put that in the context of your remarks about franklins beliefs . That is an example of franklin, the poor Richards Almanac was full of aphorisms that sounded sort of like proverbs, and sometimes they were proverbs, and i think that type of philosophy is and we excellent example of this type of emphasis on Virtue And Morality and industry, and frugality that where the hallmarks of Franklins Philosophy about Religion And Morality. But there is a way in which, was that statement in particular sort of Dissenters God in a way that his cabinets four bearers would not have wanted him to do. The point for his par
Much, fellas. We appreciate that. We are very excited to welcome you to the museum. You have to come back and take several days to go through it. Quite an exciting place. We are delighted to have you back into our second series, some of you came to the first one. This is the second one, the first one in january. The Topic Tonight is biblical influence on religious freedom. Before we get started, take out your cell phone, if you are in social media, take a selfie of yourself, and posted to Hashtag Museum of the bible. Should be right there. Hashtag museum of the bible, a selfie is fine. Take a picture of your neighbor. We place a few items on your seat, you will see their, one of them is a membership pro sure. My personal favorite we are a non profit, we exist totally on donations, we hope you will consider coming a member on any category, there are 27 different categories. The February Speaker series coming up next month. And then there is a future programs present provided by the muse
Through it. Its quite an exciting place. Were delighted to have you back to our second series. Some of you came to the first one, and this is the second one. The first one in january, and the Topic Tonight is biblical influences on religious freedom, but before we get started, so take out your cell phone. If youre in to social media, take a selfie of yourself, and then post it to museumofthebible. Should be right there. A selfie is fine or take a picture of your neighbor. So we placed a few items on your seat, youll see there, and one of them is a membership brochure. My personal favorite because we are a nonprofit. We exist totally on donations and members and so we hope youll consider becoming a member in any category. I think there are 27 different categories. You also have a flier on our February Speaker series, which is coming up next month, and theres a sheet that lists future programs provided by the museum. Were cohosting Tonights Program with the Baylor Institute of studies fo
Martin Luther King jr. The museum of the bible and the Buy Lore Institute for studies on religion cohosted the discussion. This is an hour. Im tony zis, the director of the museum. What a wonderful privilege it is to be in this privilegic being. We hope you will come to think of this very soon as your museum because it is the communitys museum. In fact, its the worlds museum. We are going to be live on cspan tonight. Thank you so much, fellows, for what you are doing. We appreciate that. We are very excited to welcome you to the museum. You will have to come back. It takes several days to go through it. Its quite an exciting place. We are delighted to have you back the our second series. Some of you came to the first one. And this is the second one. The first one in january. The Topic Tonight is biblical influences on religious freedom. Before we get started, so, take out your cell phone, if you are into social media take a selfie of yourself and then post it to museum of the bible. Sh
Speakers a round of applause. Theyve done an outstanding job. Today has been an interesting look at how the bible influenced the people and events of the american revolution and our nations founding. So im going to thank you to those that have submitted questions. Im just going to randomly go through these. And for our speakers. And well start with dr. Kid. Franklin quoted god helps those who help themselves. Could you put that in the context of your remarks about franklins beliefs . They were acts of prove eshs. I think that type of philosophy is god helps those who help themselves is an excellent example of this type of emphasis on Virtue And Morality and Industry And Frug alt were the hallmarks of franklins philosophy. That statement in particular Dedecenters God in a way they would not want to do. So the point for his parents would be you dont just need god to help you. You need god to change your life. Were able to live in a godly World Life where i think that that type of philoso