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The pilgrim story starts with the signing of the Magna Carta. King John effectively surrendered Royal Sovereignty and admitted that the king was subject to the law.

This idea floated around until hidden in Luther's 95 thesis was the challenge that the Pope also was subject to the law.

If kings and popes were subject to the law, the natural conclusion is that all men were created equal under God. And if they are equal then proper government was established by the consent of the governed, by right and responsibility.

The pilgrims formed a covenental society based on this principle. All the ancillary concepts like freedom of religion , work ethics, free markets, etc. are wrapped up in the foundational idea that all men are created equal.

With the removal of God from the formative idea, the concept of the responsibility of the governed is also lost. The pilgrim story starts with the signing of the Magna Carta. King John effectively surrendered Royal Sovereignty and admitted that the king was subject to the law.

This idea floated around until hidden in Luther's 95 thesis was the challenge that the Pope also was subject to the law.

If kings and popes were subject to the law, the natural conclusion is that all men were created equal under God. And if they are equal then proper government was established by the consent of the governed, by right and responsibility.

The pilgrims formed a covenental society based on this principle. All the ancillary concepts like freedom of religion , work ethics, free markets, etc. are wrapped up in the foundational idea that all men are created equal.

With the removal of God from the formative idea, the concept of the responsibility of the governed is also lost.

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