Biblical values have shaped the early years of America. The exploration prospered, the people resolved …show more content…
Today's government is separated from the church and even persecutes the church and its values. The group polarization of today is feared more than it was then. A group of people who firmly believe something immoral will be able to see that immoral thing be approved by our government. The people have the power they require to sway the government in whichever way they want. In the earlier times of America, group polarization was a thing but the fear of the Lord was greater than. Peaceful resistance is still resistance. Looking at the black lives matter movements of this day and age, which are seen as semi-peaceful resistance movements, on can infer that this peaceful outlook is violent. It leaves the individual wanting to do more and more with their actions. But in truth, peaceful resistance is not done with actions bus with words. Marching through the streets is destructive and violent when paired with an unjust cause. But the constitutional framers took this into consideration when they wrote the constitution. Americans today have left the original biblical based text behind and have not cared to look at it to see their rights and the desires the framers had for the