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America the beautiful, the religious, the destined. I remembered a fascinating article that appeared in Commentary magazine a while back, on the origins of our peculiarly faithful country.
Those who say our democratic republic was based on Enlightenment principles aren't entirely right; neither are those who say that it was based on Christianity. Nope, David Gelernter convincingly argues it goes back to the classic strains of Judaism.
Read all about it. And, wherever you are on this globe, raise a toast to those remarkable people who daringly called some things self-evident that are not self-evident at all. We all owe them.
Those who say our democratic republic was based on Enlightenment principles aren't entirely right; neither are those who say that it was based on Christianity. Nope, David Gelernter convincingly argues it goes back to the classic strains of Judaism.
Read all about it. And, wherever you are on this globe, raise a toast to those remarkable people who daringly called some things self-evident that are not self-evident at all. We all owe them.
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