What is True Freedom?
Today many Americans will commemorate the signing of the "Declaration of Independence" on this date in 1776, where many Christians and their Pastors will proudly claim that this document provided "freedom and justice for all" under the new nation, The United States of America. And while almost everyone would probably agree that "freedom and justice for all" is not something most Americans enjoy today, they will claim that it was once the hallmark of our country, as espoused by the "Founding Fathers", and that we need to return to those days to truly have "freedom" today. But what is true "freedom", and how did the Founding Fathers of the U.S. define "freedom," both in thought and in practice? As I have previously documented, "freedom and justice for all" did not include many of the inhabitants of the United States during that time, namely all the black slaves "owned" by the Founding Fathers, or the original native Americans who already lived here. It is estimated that between 17 to 25 of the 55 delegates who signed The Constitution were owners of slaves. When the European Founding Fathers arrived in North America in the 17th and 18th centuries, they did not find an empty land where there were no people living here. There was already a system of government in place among several nations that existed in the Northeast called the League of the Iroquois, consisting of at least six North American Indian nations. This decentralized, agrarian-based form of government in North America went back as far as 1142. So the term "freedom and justice for all" has always been a lie, ever since the Europeans settled North America, bringing along their African slaves to grow their tobacco on the East Coast, and run their cotton fields in the South, while at the same time destroying the North American Indian nations who are the original inhabitants of North America. I do agree with the Christians who state that many Christians were among the Founding Fathers, most of them Protestants who came during the Reformation Period in Europe. But is this something to be proud about?? These Christians were mostly Freemasons who were heavily influenced by the secret societies that proliferated in Europe during that time, also referred to as "The Age of Enlightenment", and incorporated many of the Freemason teachings into their brand of Christianity that are not found in the Bible, such as the office of "Pastor", the cessation of the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit, and the false teaching that the nation of Israel is still the "chosen people" of God today (Zionism), among many other false teachings. Most pastors and Christians today continue these false teachings, and continue to promote "Nationalism", whether it be Israel, or the United States, as a superior people to all other nations. In the Bible, this is called "Idolatry."