Atheists, the U.S. Constitution begins by mentioning "blessings". Where do we get these "blessings" from?

Question

Peace to all!

Answer 1

These "blessings" exist if one beieves in religion or not. The dignity of the human person is undeniable, even though many liberal leaning people try to deny this through abortion, euthanasia, and conservatives through death penalty, unjust wars.
The Catholic Church is the force which first theorized the idea of "unalienable rights", this idea never existed before canon lawyers developed it in the 12th century. Why do people attack the church when it stands up for those the world doesn't want?

daioka14, you're wrong, all humans have dignity, even if you hate Christians

Answer 2

" We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. "

The Preamble neither grants any powers nor inhibits any actions; it only explains the rationale behind the Constitution. The preamble is a basic statement of purpose that precedes the constitution.

Wikipedia( just because i did not feel like typing the whole thing.)

could not the blessing of liberty be a blessing in and of itself. with no god attached to it.

afterall it dies not say "and secure the Blessings of Liberty Granted by the Christian God of Aberham whom is sometimes called Jehovah and may be a triune god that includes his son Jesus and the Holy Ghost (even though we do not really know where the Holy Ghost came from) to ourselves and our Posterity,

Answer 3

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Answer 4

It refers to "blessings of liberty." The blessings come from liberty itself. God is studiously not mentioned at all in the Constitution.

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

Answer 5

Okay, I'd like Christians who call Atheist haters to take note of the answers being posted here. Very Christian you should all feel very morally superior and proud. I think it is evident to most who have studied the history of the constitution that our founding fathers did not intend for us to be a Christian nation but a nation of freedom of religion/belief for all people. They were a very diverse group, many were Deists who did not believe in a personal God. Tom Paine was so adamant about it not being founded as a Christian nation they called him an atheist. I love what our country was founded on--freedom for everyone to follow their hearts and minds.

Answer 6

To infer that the word "blessings" refers to a mythical "god" or that "with respect to religion" means caring for religion displays the ignorance and lack of education of the speaker.

Replace the word "blessings" with "benefits" ("the benefits of liberty") and you have the same meaning.

Replace the word "respect" with "regard" or "reference" ("with regard to religion", "with reference to religion") and you have the same meaning.

The people who wrote the US constitution were literate and widely read. Those who interpret the US constitution as a religious document are illiterate as to the language of the 18th century. Henceforth, assume not that ye are astute. (Anyone who cannot read that sentence proves my point.)

Oh, by the way: "The people who wrote the US constitution were literate and widely read" means that THEY read a lot of books and knew a lot, and NOT that other people read their writings (which again is a perfect example of the problem).


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Answer 7

Who cares. "Blessings" in the constitution do not prove the existence of God.

Answer 8

I'm not an atheist, but what has the U.S. Constitution got to do
with the issue of God?

Answer 9

Well, Bush destroyed the constitution, and he claims to be a Christan. And I'm not even a atheist.

Answer 10

A blessing doesn't necessarily refer to something that is divine.