He meant that the new constitution of the United States would not work if the people became immoral and nonreligious. People would vote themselves benefits, police would lie to judges and ignore citizens' rights, judges would legislate, Presidents and governors would judge, and Congress would do nothing.
The prerequisite for this Constitution to function as intended, according to John Adams, was that "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." [Adams, Charles Francis, ed. "The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: Volume IX." Boston: Little, Brown, 1854, p. 229.] Their intention was for this country to be a free country which would allow its citizens to worship that same Almighty
""We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion... Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."" ""The church is the moral compass of society."" ""We have no constitution which functions in the absence of a moral people
The US Constitution is an amoral document, meaning that it is neither moral or immoral. The US Constitution is simply a governmental charter which gives people the right to constitute their own government. Whether this government does moral actions or immoral actions is entirely contingent on the people who behave by right of that charter. Morality and ethics are determined by an entirely distinct moral process (be it religious exegesis or secular moral systems) than anything in the US Constitution.
Absolutely not. People who have no "religious" faith can be extremely moral. In fact, they may be more honestly moral than their religious sisters and brothers since their morality comes naturally, and doesn't require prompting, threats and rules set by others.Absolutely not. People who have no "religious" faith can be extremely moral. In fact, they may be more honestly moral than their religious sisters and brothers since their morality comes naturally, and doesn't require prompting, threats and rules set by others.Absolutely not. People who have no "religious" faith can be extremely moral. In fact, they may be more honestly moral than their religious sisters and brothers since their morality comes naturally, and doesn't require prompting, threats and rules set by others.Absolutely not. People who have no "religious" faith can be extremely moral. In fact, they may be more honestly moral than their religious sisters and brothers since their morality comes naturally, and doesn't require prompting, threats and rules set by others.
Many religious people: God Atheists: Man/societies
Conscientious objectors.
You can be moral without being religious. You can also be religious without being moral.
explain the basis of the moral judgments made by Samuel Adams and Thomas Hutchinson
Pacifists or conscientious objectors. These are people who refuse to fight based on religious or moral principles.
lr of religious poetry?
didactic literature
The vast majority of people today do believe that slavery violates fundamental moral and religious principles. This hasn't always been the case, and in the past, some actually used religious arguments to try to justify the institution of slavery.