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quoting nevent1q…atjj

> Written documents such as Magna Carta or the United States Bill of Rights were not advances in liberty but signs of its decay. In response to the kings’ newly claimed powers, these documents set “limits” on what areas the government could not intrude on. Not only do we see how these written documents no longer work, but they give the impression, and set up the provision, that all other areas of life are open to the possibility of government control as well. Further, a written document to “preserve” rights simply means those rights can also be taken away when their preservation is no longer desired.
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> Even worse, it says the rights written, protected, controlled, and “interpreted” (always in the direction of more government control) by federal judges are dependent on human agents. The Declaration of Independence claims our rights come from the creator, but those rights are only valid when written, ratified, and interpreted by federal judges and politicians. In other words, God is secondary, and his inalienable rights must first be filtered through the government to ensure and adequately understand and apply the rights God has granted. We have set up a secular priesthood to interpret God’s desires for us. Documents such as the Bill of Rights could be better understood as people submitting to their government to rule over them while desperately holding on to a few cherished liberties – for a time.

–Jeb Smith
*Missing Monarchy: Correcting Misconceptions About The Middle Ages, Medieval Kingship, Democracy, and Liberty* (2024)