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Ärende: Jewish Roots Of US Constitution
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For those having trouble comprehending the idea that the USA
is a "noahide nation" founded on the "seven noahide laws",
the article below by Prof. Paul Eidelberg is straight from the 
horse's mouth, so to speak.

The "seven noahide laws" do not have their origins in the Bible,
but are a rabbinical interpretation found in the Babylonian Talmud.

These are the noahide laws, from Wikipedia...

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The seven laws are:

   1. Shefichat damim - Do not murder.
   2. Gezel - Do not steal/kidnap.
   3. Avodah zarah - Do not worship false gods/idols.
   4. Gilui arayot - Do not be sexually immoral (forbidden sexual acts
      are traditionally interpreted to include incest, sodomy, male
      homosexual sex acts and adultery)
   5. Birkat Hashem - Do not blaspheme.
   6. Dinim - Set up righteous and honest courts and apply fair
      justice in judging offenders and uphold the principles of the last
      five.
   7. Ever min ha-chai - Do not eat anything of the body of an
      unslaughtered animal (given to Noah)

The Talmud also states: "Righteous people of all nations have a share
in the world to come" (Sanhedrin 105a). Any non-Jew who lives
according to these laws is regarded as one of "the righteous among the
gentiles". Maimonides states that this refers to those who have
acquired knowledge of God and act in accordance with the Noahide laws.

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Source: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noahide_Laws

"Laws" 3 and 5 are the one being used to "outlaw" Christmas, Christianity,
Christ, as Jews and Noahides consider Jesus Christ to be a false god or
idol, and those who worship Him to be idolaters and blasphemers.

In rejecting Jesus Christ in favour of Judeonoahide "laws" as a means
for righteousness, they are setting themselves up to accept the false
Moshiach, whose number is six hundred three score and six.

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Jewish Roots of the American Constitution
by Prof. Paul Eidelberg
Nov 30, '05 / 28 Cheshvan 5766

Historical Background

No nation has been more profoundly influenced by the "Old Testament"
than America. Many of America's early statesmen and educators were
schooled in Hebraic civilization. The second president of the United
States, John Adams, a Harvard graduate, had this to say of the Jewish
people:

    The Jews have done more to civilize men than any other nation....
They are the most glorious Nation that ever inhabited the earth. The
Romans and their Empire were but a bauble in comparison to the Jews.
They have given religion to three-quarters of the Globe and have
influenced the affairs of Mankind more, and more happily than any
other Nation, ancient or modern.

The curriculum at Harvard, like those of other early American colleges
and universities, was designed by learned men of "Old Testament"
persuasion. Harvard president Mather (1685-1701) was an ardent
Hebraist (as were his predecessors). His writings contain numerous
quotations from the Talmud as well as from the works of Saadia Gaon,
Rashi, Maimonides and other classic Jewish commentators.

Yale University president Ezra Stiles discoursed with visiting rabbis
on the Mishnah and Talmud. At his first public commencement at Yale
(1781), Stiles delivered an oration on Hebrew literature written in
Hebrew. Hebrew and the study of Hebraic laws and institutions were an
integral part of Yale's, as well as of Harvard's, curriculum.

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The Higher Law doctrine of the Declaration of Independence is rooted
in the Torah, which proclaims "The Laws of Nature and Nature's God,"
and appeals to the "Supreme Judge" and "Providence" - terms lacking 
in Israel's Declaration of Independence.

During the colonial and constitution-making period, the Americans,
especially the Puritans, adopted and adapted various Hebraic laws for
their own governance. The legislation of New Haven, for example, was
based on the premise that "the judicial laws of God, as they were
delivered by Moses, and as they are not ceremonial, shall generally
bind all offenders...." Thirty-eight of the seventy-nine statutes in
the New Haven Code of 1665 derived their authority from the Hebrew
Bible. The laws of Massachusetts were based on the same foundation.

The fifteen Capital Laws of New England included the "Seven Noahide
Laws" of the Torah, or what may be termed the seven universal laws of
morality.

Now, without minimizing the influence of such philosophers as Locke
and Montesquieu on the framers of the American Constitution, America
may rightly be deemed the first and only nation that was explicitly
founded on the Seven Noahide Laws of the Torah. It should also be
noted that the constitutions of eleven of the original thirteen 
states made provision for religious education. Some even had religious
qualifications for office.

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The Supreme Court

Just as the American Supreme Court is the final interpreter of the
American Constitution, so the Great Sanhedrin is the final interpreter
of the Jewish Constitution, the Torah.

So, we see that the original American Constitution was very much
rooted in Torah Judaism.

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Full article at "Arutz Sheva" / Israel National News
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/article.php3?id=5817

Cheers, Steve..

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