Remaking America by George Shollenberger, Idea XVI (How Lawyers Destroyed the U.S. Declaration of Independence)

When a person closes his or her mind, new thoughts cannot enter that person’s mind and that person becomes a slave to a fixed set of ideas or ideologies. This is how U.S. lawyers have destroyed the U.S. Declaration of Independence and turned many U.S. citizens away from God. Since I keep my mind wide open to new ideas at all times, I continue to find new thoughts about God and new thoughts about our universe.

Our lawyers say that the Declaration of Independence has one authority. This authority gives the USA the authority to go to war against England, if England goes to war against the USA. However, the Declaration of Independence document was not named the ‘Declaration of War’ by the founders. The name of the Declaration of Independence is the name of a different idea, which is higher than the idea of war.

Science is man’s only field of thought in which truths can be sought with a method of proof. No other field of thought has developed a method of proof. So, at this point in time, only the mind of the scientist remains wide opens. In science, naming a thing is the first step. Once named, the relation between that thing and other things are sought.

Our lawyers did not distinguish the ideas we name ‘independence’ and ‘war.’ Had they distinguished them, they would have concluded that war originates from independence and that independence is a higher idea than war. So, the U.S. Declaration of Independence has an authority to go to war but also has other authorities.

I notice that these other authorities will be found in the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence. However, I also notice that these other authorities originate from a highest authority. This highest authority is named God by people throughout the world. Thus, the first two paragraphs define a ‘whole’ that has ‘parts.‘ All authorities are thus parts of a whole. Beyond the authority of war, some other authorities are identified as follows: one-people; separate and equal; Laws of Nature and Nature’ God; self-evident truths; all Men are created equal; Creator; unalienable Rights; Governments that secure these Rights; Power from the Consent of the Governed; the Rights of the people to alter or abolish Government; initiate a new Government; ... etc.

I believe that our lawyers have interpreted the Declaration of Independence terribly. I also believe that their error has changed the USA drastically, compared to the founding documents, and has also turned many U.S. citizens away from God. Since the people can alter or abolish Government, the Declaration of Independence is the highest law in the body of U.S. laws. Thus, sovereignty lies with ‘the people’ not Government.

Further, the security of ‘the people’ by Government thus goes well beyond military enemies of the USA. Security against unclean water, diseases, sicknesses like cancer, and economic depressions are only samples of non military security requirements.