That Gordon Wood quote is contextualizing how information was disseminated to the common man. You are making it seem like preachers were conflating the Revolution and God, they were not doing that.
Re: Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God
That Gordon Wood quote is contextualizing how information was disseminated to the common man. You are making it seem like preachers were conflating the Revolution and God, they were not doing that.
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
Re: Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God
I apologize if you got that from the quote, it was not intended in my op to be. You than said "preachers were conflating the Revolution and God, they were not doing that" I would agree for the most part. But that is in fact just what many did. SeeOriginally Posted by Strike For The South
James P Byrd Sacred Scripture Sacred war the bible and the American Revolution Oxford u Press 2013
“Its been said that when human beings stop believing in god they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse, they believe in anything.” Malcolm maggeridge
The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going. Proverbs -14.15
The first to present his case seems right,till another comes forward and questions him -Proverbs 18.17
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1.1
Re: Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God
They may have done that if they had Patriot sympathies but the American revolution certainly does not spring from a Christian cocoon.
I will admit you have a very interesting grasp of historiography. Usually I would think you are trolling, but your commitment to block quotes leads me to believe you have some level of sincerity.
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
Re: Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God
Total R has NEVER lacked for sincerity.
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
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