In this article, I’ll continue to examine Mr. Fortenberry’s “Hidden Facts of the Founding Era,” in which he proposes forty-eight points that allegedly prove the Constitution was based on the Bible. Point #4: “Article 1, Section 2 – ‘The House of Representatives… shall have the sole power of impeachment.’ The power of impeachment has been […]
Archive for March, 2013
Straining at Gnats . . . Pt. 3
Posted: 29th March 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Article 1, bicameral legislature, Bill Fortenberry, constitution, constitutional framers, Hidden Facts of the Founding Era, House of Representatives, humanism, power of impeachment, Romans 13:1-7, Senate, straining at gnats
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Straining at Gnats . . . Pt. 2
Posted: 22nd March 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: appointments, Article 1, bicameral legislature, Bill Fortenberry, constitution, constitutional framers, elections, Hidden Facts of the Founding Era, House of Representatives, straining at gnats
When I wrote last week’s article, I had no intentions of its being a multi-part series. That was before I read Bill Fortenberry’s “Hidden Facts of the Founding Era.” His article proposes forty-eight points intended to prove the Constitution was based upon the Bible. In actuality, his article is a case study in straining at […]
Straining at Gnats . . . Pt. 1
Posted: 15th March 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: constitution, constitutional framers, Pharisees, Sundays excepted, year of our Lord
When Christ accused the scribes and Pharisees of straining out gnats and swallowing camels, He was reprimanding them for putting greater emphasis upon the minor issues of Yahweh’s1 law to the exclusion of the weightier matters. This inversion was born from their emphasis upon outward obedience over inward motivation: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, […]
Right, Left, and Center: Who Gets to Decide?
Posted: 8th March 2013 by Ted Weiland in UncategorizedTags: Article 1, ethics, good and evil, lawful versus legal, lawgiver, politicians, politics, Preamble, triune law, unlawful versus illegal, We the People
In politics, everything revolves around the positioning of right, left, and center. You’re either rightwing, leftwing, or a centrist. Politicians and non-politicians alike employ all three terms as if there’s a consensus on the parameters for those designations. Even if this were true, who gets to determine what’s right, left, and center, and how are […]