Why is the Declaration of Independence Important Today?

In previous articles, I have outlined that the Declaration of Independence is indeed important today. I've show that it's important because 1) it is the basis and foundation for everything that has come in America since. There would not have been a Constitution or Bill of Rights had it not been for the Declaration of Independence. And, 2) it gave the purpose and legitimacy for the American Revolutionary War.

Here, I will give you yet another reason. The Declaration of Independence is still important today because it clearly established the United States of America on a Christian foundation. This is why America is the greatest nation on earth. This is why God has blessed America. And this should affect how we live and act today in this great country.

There has been much debate in the last several decades about whether or not America is truly a Christian nation. Some say that the founders were primarily Atheists or Deists. However, this debate can be settled very quickly with a look at the Declaration of Independence and the writings of the founders. The first line of the Declaration begins with references to God.

"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."

Okay, so making a reference to God does not make one a Christian and does not necessarily make America a Christian nation. So, let's look further into the document. Why did the founders desire to be a free and independent nation? They said,

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"