published: Friday, December 28, 2012

Foundres knew the sinful nature of man

Editor:

I have been reading much on the Sandy Hook Elementary shootings as of late. I have refrained from writing anything until I research more; however, I have noticed something very interesting. Everyone has someplace or someone to point to for blame.

Many people point to the NRA, Gun Owners of America, gun control laws, gun shows, and the Second Amendment. Then there are movies, video games, mental illness, and, of course, Congress, (it seems that Congress follows mental illness in most analogies).

We don't point to ourselves. Why? Are we afraid of what might be revealed; is this the same reason we do not turn to God and His word to get the answers? Our founders were not afraid to admit who and what we are; to the contrary they designed our form of government to meet the failings in man. It was the Bible they turned to most for their template of our government that resulted in a representative republic of laws rather than a democracy of emotionally led humans.

We don't point to ourselves. Why? Are we afraid of what might be revealed; is this the same reason we do not turn to God and His word to get the answers? Our founders were not afraid to admit who and what we are; to the contrary they designed our form of government to meet the failings in man. It was the Bible they turned to most for their template of our government that resulted in a representative republic of laws rather than a democracy of emotionally led humans.

In the years since our founding we have left the reasoning of our forefathers behind, and started to follow the fantasies of new age theorists. Our founders knew the sinful nature of man and they designed our government to meet that flaw in us, and they wrote extensively about it.

George Washington, the leader of the continental army and the first president of the United States, said we cannot expect national morality to prevail in exclusion of Biblical principles. Gouverneur Morris, the penman and signer of the constitution, said without religion, learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind. Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration, wrote the Christian religion is most important and the first thing all children under a free government, ought to be instructed. Noah Webster stated that the moral principles taught in the Bible ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws. John Adams wrote that our Constitution is made for a moral and religious people, that it was inadequate to govern any others.

We have kicked God out of every area of our lives except the church; our elected leaders are attempting to change that. We need to put a stop to this madness now. I believe that the children are with God, I pray that the adults trusted God for their eternal state.

Larry J. Overfield