On being an academic, a farmer, a scientist, an educator, a mom, ...Divinely inspired? Get a grip….
September 7th, 2009 by Katrin BeckerI have often suspected that many Americans see their Constitution as a ’sacred’ document, written by ‘prophets’.
I have now seen it admitted on a semi-public social site – this person said they had always believed the founding fathers to be divinely inspired. To be fair, this person re-defined “divinely inspired” to simply mean “idealistic”, but there is no denying that many Americans have an idolized (and pathological) attachment to their Constitution, Founding Fathers, and The Office of The President (and with it, the White House).
What about separation of church and state? Don’t you believe in that too? That seems to be a concept either lost or forgotten for at least some (a very vocal some, it seems). Those of us who are not American see a different perspective: I daresay all the other free countries have no such reverence for their governments. A healthy skepticism is a good thing.
Newsflash: the US Constitution is NOT sacred. The founding fathers were HUMAN.
Granted, collectively, they were pretty bright, but the constitution would never have seen the light of day if it had been created in any kind of democratic way. It was written by a group of like-minded men. For a country of 13 states.
The world was a different place then.
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