Political systems built on theological premise

Dear Editor:
Previously I have written about the important consequences of words and the ideas they express.  As America, as it was founded with God-given rights, is on the brink of becoming a socialist/marxist state; it seems imperative to examine the words and ideas that have brought us to this point.
For generations America was this “city upon a hill” offering liberty and justice for all. Freedom offered the opportunity for anyone with enough talent and drive to achieve anything and everything they desired. You didn’t have to be born into the right family, or have the required racial or ethnic heritage. The America bequeathed to us by the Founders has been “fundamentally transformed” by foreign and domestic enemies. If there is any hope of reversing course, it seems imperative to consider how this transformation has taken place.
The destruction of our republic has been under way for several decades. I compare it to termites, who go largely unnoticed until it is virtually too late.  Hitler said, “The best way to take control over a people and control them utterly is to take a little of their freedom at a time, to erode rights by a thousand tiny and almost imperceptible reductions.  In this way the people will not see those rights and freedoms being removed until past the point at which these changes cannot be reversed.”
For almost 200 years we have been involved in a war of ideas, a battle for the minds of Americans.  Perhaps, the preeminent battle is between God and creation vs. atheistic humanism and evolution.
When one buys a car, or any mechanical device, and you want to get the maximum value for your purchase, it is wise to consult the instruction manual written by the manufacturer concerning the care and maintenance of the vehicle. Similarly, if we want to preserve the inherited benefits of the constitutional republic for ourselves and our posterity, we should consult the “builders” of our government.  
Washington, the Father of our country, in his farewell address said, “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion (Christianity) and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness....”
John Dickinson, signatory of the Constitution: “Government could not give the rights essential to happiness...We claim them from a higher source: from the King of kings, and Lord of all the Earth...They are created in us by the decrees of Providence.”
Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story: “One of the beautiful boasts of our municipal jurisprudence is that Christianity is a part of the Common Law. There never has been a period at which the Common Law did not recognize Christianity as laying at its foundations.”
Congress, 1854: “The great, vital, and conservative element in our system is the belief of our people in the pure doctrines and the Divine Truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
John Quincy Adams, 6th president: “In the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birthday of the Savior. The Declaration of Independence laid the cornerstone of human government upon the first precepts of Christianity.”
Karl Marx: “Communism begins where atheism begins. Communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion, and all morality.”
Bukharin: “Religion and communism are incompatible, both theoretically and practically...”
Lenin demanded an ironclad “separation of church and state.” He insisted “religion must be declared a private affair.”  “Complete separation of church and state is what the socialist proletariat demands of the modern state and the modern church.”
Trotsky: “Darwin destroyed the last of my ideological prejudices. The idea of evolution and determinism took possession of me completely.  Darwin stood for me like a mighty doorkeeper....”  Trotsky took up the faith of Marx and Darwin.
According to Bishop Fulton Sheen, “The truth on the subject is that communism and atheism are intrinsically related and that one cannot be a good Communist without being an atheist....”  “Marx was not first a Communist and then an atheist. He was first an atheist, then a Communist. Communism was merely the political expression of his atheism.”
Woodrow Wilson was the first president to attack the founding. “We are not bound to adhere to the doctrines held by the signers of the Declaration of Independence.” In a 1913 speech he contrasted what he termed the Newtonian principle of the founding with the Darwinian approach of Progressive Democrats. Wilson said,” ... government is not a machine but a living thing.”  “It is accountable to Darwin, not to Newton.”
For decades we have been taught that the battle was between Christianity and science. Words and their definitions are of seminal importance. For something to be a question for science, it must be subject to the scientific method. Regarding the question of origins, the scientific method cannot be applied. Scientifically, it must be observable. I’m confident no living person was there to observe the beginning. You must also be able to test (replicate) your hypothesis. I’m equally confidant that cannot be done. Therefore, we are not, and never have been, talking about science, but rather about two faiths. One faith believes there is a creator who made everything; the other faith believes nothing made everything. I’ll leave it to the reader to decide which faith is rational and which is mythical.
All political systems are built upon a theological premise: Who, or what is God?
Irl Gilliland,
Henderson