Did America sin declaring independance from Britain?

When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

Maybe throughout the centuries the boundaries change relative to the above.

 

Britain didn't take over the US, so I don't see any analogy with the Nazis invading Poland.

I have conflicting views on this. I think people have a right to be free, even by force, and I think people have an obligation to obey authority (including Britain before the Revolutionary war). But, I've become generally anti-war and think America did sin in declaring Independence. Britain wasn't especially tyrannical. But, I think there can come a point when a government becomes so tyrannical that it's right to lift up arms, overthrow and behead the tyrant.

 

If declaring independence was a sin, it was just a sin of one generation. I feel not the slightest obligation to try to rejoin Britain.

 

Did America sin declaring independence from Britain?

No, it was a break from the tyranny of the British Crown.

 

Does Britain rightly belong to the Celts? or to the Iberians or others who may have been there before?
Does any land belong to any peoples?

 

the yankees freed the slaves, LINCOLN WAS RIGHT to fight for their freedom.

First blood!

 

What was so tyrannical? More to the point, what was Britain doing to force Christians to violate their conscience?

 

The Declaration of Independence: Full text

 

It is assumed by many liberals that Lincoln was anti-slavery. He was not. He was anti-separation. Anti- slavery was a popular tool he used as a political advantage.

it is also assumed by many liberals that the Civil war was fought over slavery. Despite the popular media propaganda and liberal teachings, it was not. The war was specifically about state's rights.

The goal of the war was to establish who had final authority concerning the law of the land. Prior to the civil war, the states held the vast majority of power the the federal level was left with treaties, acquiring and keeping territory, and attempting to influence states, but no power to actually intervene in the laws of a state ( voting rights, citizenship, land owning, eminent domain...)

The North has no grandstand from which to proclaim righteous indignation toward the South. The North made no laws that supported the slaves and freedom, indeed, just the opposite. The North were the aggressors.

However, there are also great advantages from all wars.

When it comes to the American independence, had the British merely treated the colonies as true citizens rather than bad step children, there would have been no war. We would all be Canadians.

 

My interpretation is that Christian's and their government should adhere to their governing documents that all parties agreed to. When the government does not adhere to the governing documents or when government documents cause you to grieve the holy spirit then rebellion and resistance are necessary.

In Britains case they were not allowing us to have rightful representation in parliament breaking the ideas behind the magna carta.

In a modern sense today, we made an agreement with the government to adhere to the Constitution and its amendments. If our government breaks those governing documents then resistance is allowed.

I believe God does not like confusion. He likes justice and law. Therefore I don't believe we are supposed to follow any old government, but rather follow the government that the law (constitution) supplies.

 

I believe the separation from England was over taxation.Now instead of double taxation we have so many different taxes it seems we all only work to support the nation. Not only this but they talk about there need for more taxes.
MB.

 

The Brits were mean. They were jealous of our wealth. They sent savages to war against us. The Brits still don't have a Bill of Rights. Andrew Jackson whipped them real good at New Orleans in 1814.

 

I choose to believe it was MOSTLY The War to Free the Slaves.