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The New Testament Versus the American Revolution
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The New Testament Versus the American Revolution

By James Valliant

May 21, 2015
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In America today, it is an article of faith among conservatives that the original political ideas of the United States are rooted in the Bible. Conservatives sometimes suggest that the American Founders were divinely inspired while composing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Glenn Beck, for example, has said, “It was God’s finger tha…

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