Somebody asked me today what the theme quote to the top-left on this site is really supposed to mean - and what exactly John Adams believed needed "revolving" as a precursor to American Independence.
The answer is that Adams was referring to the fact that the people had to realize the dichotomy which existed between the unlimited power the king of Great Britain believed he possessed, and their natural rights as given by God.
Without the understanding that God was supreme, even over the national powers of the world, what would the Americans have had to stand for? They would just have been fighting to seize control. However, our forebears believed in the Law of the Creator. As they stated in the Declaration of Independence, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights..."
The revolution in the hearts and minds of the people is as intrinsic to liberty as it was in 1776. This revolution is one of worldviews.
-R. Josiah Magnuson
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