Dear Anchovies
The major Founding Fathers who drafted America's Founding documents, the "Declaration of Independence and the original US Constitution: Bill of Rights Jefferson; Hamilton; Mason; Washington among others, were very heavily influence by the political philosophy of the 17th-century , English, Enlightenment, political theorist, John Locke.
Locke was a devout Protestant whose faith in the Divine Revelation of Scripture was the bedrock of his political philosophy. He blended this faith with reason in a compelling prose style. During the Revolutionary-era he was the mpst quoted political philosopher in the American colonies. Probably his most influential work was a text called "Two Treatises on Government (1690). This text lit the fuse of the American War of Independence in 1775/6. It also provided all of the guiding principles that undergirded the drafting of the original American Constitution.
So, the Founding of American was primarily a Christian phenomenon, based on the notion of Divinely - ordained Natural (moral) Law. From the concept of Natural Law Locke deduced the existence of the universal, unalienable Natural Rights of all men to: lLfe; Liberty (Individual Freedom, Estate/Property, (both material and intellectual/psychic and Revolution by the People. Thomas Jefferson added "The Pursuit of Happiness"in the "Declaration of Independence." (1776) which still arouses controversy among scholars of American history(re its status as a Natural Right proper).
I am not going to try and explain the details Locke's account of Christian Natural (moral) Law to you, Anchovies, as it is quite complex, it would and you - being a Dummycrat- would most probably not be able to understand it
. So, If you want to learn about the true nature of the founding of your own country, you should pull your finger out of your complacent butt-hole and devote some serious time to reading about what Locke's (Christian) Natural Law is all about.
Finally, modern-day political scholars in the West all categorise John Locke's politics as CLASSICAL LIBERALISM., which is very much a CONSERVATIVE doctrine, Anchovies. Locke's work, as mentioned, had a huge influence on the Founders in the American colonies, which is why they too were (in today's political terminology) essentially CLASSICAL LIBERTARIANS (i.e. political Conservatives who had a lot in common with TRUMP ! ). BTW, DON'T confuse Classical Libertarianism with modern - era American LIBERALISM, Anchovies. American LIBERALS are the kind of half-assed, herbal, quasi-Marxist, sentimental, kumbaya, nit-wit Democrats who voted Obama and Biden into White House. IOW, they are people like you, Anchovies, and we can only hope and pray that the policy disasters of the past 3 1/2 years have finally knocked some common sense into their pin heads !
Dachshund Dawn
Dachshund the Loyal TRUMPER Hound !!