Nation must follow the Bible's moral compass

Dear editor:

If you have ever felt small in the shadow of bureaucracy perhaps you asked yourself a fundamental question: "What is the purpose of government?"

The answer is found in one of the four "organic laws" of the United States codified by Volume 18 of the Revised Statutes of the United States as enacted by the 43rd Congress (A.D. 1873-1875) and published by the Government Printing Office in A.D. 1878; namely The Declaration of Independence.

The Declaration is more than an historical document; it is codified law. It also spells out for us binding fundamental truths that define the context and perspective of our nation at inception and the corresponding fundamental purpose of the Republic that emerged.

The document declares: "We hold these truths to be self-evident." Self-evident means that what follows (the truths) are not to be subjected to debate or further examination: "that all men are created." This means that there is an architect and we are His creation: "equal and are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights." This means that man did not give us our rights, but God did. Therefore these rights cannot be separated from us: "to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men."

So we see here the fundamental purpose of government. It is not to make sure you wear your seat belt or to protect you from obesity by banning big gulps. The Declaration tells us the purpose of government is to secure God-given rights.

Attorney and 2004 presidential candidate, Michael Peroutka, of The Institute on the Constitution, calls this historical and legal perspective, "The American View."

If we are to restore our Republic we must center up on The American View again or else surrender to the final transformation of moral relativism and state worship.

In a healthy country it would be inconsequential how vigorously atheists rail against The American View. The only matter of relevance to an atheist's position on the subject of the purpose of government would be his unalienable right to voice his wrong opinion (as measured by the law above).

Our founders told us that our republic depends on a moral and educated people. Without a fixed standard to measure by we find ourselves adrift and rotting from within.

We need a restoration. This cannot be done in the cultural vacuum of moral relativism promoted by the architects of the intolerant diversity movement that has rendered us rudderless and self-destructive.

Despite what you might have been taught in public school or heard in the media, "separation of church and state" is not in the Constitution. That phrase comes from a letter penned by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Church. What the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights does say is, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."

The Constitution protects us from a theocracy; NOT from the moral compass of Christianity. The repeated and out of context references to Jefferson's "separation of church and state," rather than Madison's Constitution has confused us.

It is absurd for President Barack Hussein Obama to say we are not a Christian nation. Our federal buildings are replete with Biblical references, including the Supreme Court. Look up photo journalist Carrie Devorah's, "God in the Temple of Government" for a snapshot of just some of the evidence.

Even though CSPAN, CNN, MSNBC, FOX, et al., crop out these Bible inspired images when filming the Capitol or Supreme Court, these bold monuments stand to the naked eye as a testament from our forebears about the inextricable Christian values (mortar) that are the root of our legal and cultural compass.

Whether one is a Christian or not, in these times of deception and confusion we must center up on The American View if we are to find clarity about who we are, what we stand for and where we are headed.

-- Doug Traubel