Can Rebellion Ever Be Justified?

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Originally Posted by Ron

Sam, that is a good point.

Again, I am not a Monarchist, and I think King George was mad.
There is some evidence that he had syphilis & was a little off the deep end.

It is an interesting question though in that can "Rebellion" ever be justified &
in what circumstances.

The founding fathers of the U.S. actually thought that there had been something of an "eschatological revolution" and that a "New World Order" existed. Look at the back of your dollar bill. The primary intellectual behind this way of thinking was none other than Sir Isaac Newton.

A few years ago a large trunk filled with unpublished and heretofore unknown writings of Sir Isaac was found. Many scholars were excited because they thought that they had found a treasure trove of scientific discovery from one of the greatest, if not the greatest scientific mind in human history.

Instead what they found was a huge cache of writings on the Books of Daniel and Revelation. It was Newton's theological studies for the the "end" of the "Great Chain of Being" and the foundation of the "New World."

The way the founding fathers looked at it, they weren't really "rebelling." They we simply following what "God" had started with the scientific revolution and adjusting the political world to better fit the new vision of the way things should be in Nature. It was all steeped in Deist philosophy, of course.