Religion is: “ real piety in practice, consisting in the performance of all known duties to ⋯ our fellow men.” (Bouviers Law Dictionary)

Robert, the government you wish for is expanding before our very eyes. The natural result (cause and effect) is a lack of preservation of civil government, good order and happiness.

Yep, pretty accurate !  —  oops, Rome fell; oops, the republican form of government at the laws of nature and of nature's God fell. Hope reigns supreme — here's hoping arrogance of officialdom may be set aside sufficiently so as individual sovereignty, inalienable rights and liberty may resurrect in the hearts, minds, souls and actions of the noble being, man.

anglicus, big brother only looks to me when I have a bigger gun. The de jure States united had no "big brothers" but equal — individual sovereigns. Those individual sovereigns elected and hired servants to protect and enhance each King of the universe's noble heir's personal sovereignty, inalienable rights and liberty at the laws of nature and of nature's God.

Dr., who are the "we" you speak of and who are the "least"?  What do you mean, "take care of”? Feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, healing the sick, financing the indigent, housing the homeless, supplying drug paraphernalia to the addicted and "from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs" are but a few tenants, acts and empowerments of religion — NOT law ! ! !  When religion and law are mingled, the result is a theocracy (in the carnal man’s scope of existence totalitarianism, enslavement and worse becomes the applied norm - mentally, physically and otherwise). When religion and law are separated one from the other, each individual may freely choose his/her own religion (so that they may take care of "the least" as they personally see fit). The noble being, man, is a religious creature. The occupying statist theocracy now infesting this land has acted as a god to usurp and diminish "at law" individual sovereignty, inalienable rights and liberty. The current "establishment of religion", with its beliefs and dogmas give it a superficial appearance of being right while rising to the greatest defense of custom!

The foundation of any State derives from a family unit. The more the family unit (individually and in concert) exudes the laws of nature and of nature's God, the greater the education realized and foundation of the State is strengthened. The greater the family unit deteriorates, the more propaganda and destructive dogma permeates the State / true education is done away with until - the State collapses.

The "A" from Reston has, in large part, hit on one of the major issues in the destroying of a once free people. Woke theologians, religious greenies, demonic moralists, socialist clergy, etc. have all abdicated knowledge and the basics of teaching in favor of indoctrination, propaganda and otherwise infernal methodologies of destruction.

Sillik, what morals are you speaking of? A theocratic socialist has far different morals than those that would derive from the teachings from an historical figure such as Jesus the Christ. What substance / action interpretation is the basis of your perceived morals?

In the de jure States united, NO government was designed for the people. In the de jure State’s united a body politic was designed with inferior elected and hired servants to protect and enhance individual sovereignty, inalienable rights and liberty at “the law of nature and of nature’s God. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of a representative republic (individual sovereignty, inalienable rights and liberty at nature’s law) and even democracy (2 wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for supper - freedom being a all armed lamb contesting the vote).

Sillik, only a mentally ill child could make such lies and otherwise erroneous and erratic word salad. A commune (communism) by definition and practice is centralization! Communism's delegation by force is a methodology of enslavement. Have a nice day ;-) .

I'm not quite sure how to rate this; five stars for accuracy or a huge thumbs down for what it has done to once free individual sovereigns united. Along with the NOT lawfully / constitutionally enacted 16th Amendment in 1913 (implementation of the 2nd Plank of the Communist Manifesto) Wilson hammered the final coffin's nail in a perceived "republican form of government). Usurpation, political theft, supremacy of a demonic oligarchy, the loss of personal sovereignty / inalienable rights / liberty — at nature's law all now had sufficient foundation to complete the demonic dogma and socialism's canons that now infests this land. 

“⋯ Socialism is a religion. All we lack is a religious genius capable of uprooting outmoded religious practices and putting new ones in their place. We lack traditions and ritual. One day soon National Socialism will be the religion of all Germans. My Party is my church, and I believe I serve the Lord best if I do his will, and liberate my oppressed people from the fetters of slavery. That is my gospel.” (Joseph Goebbels Diary entry for October 16, 1928)

Socialism is established to fortify the human presents with its transparent irrational nonsense alternatives such as with socialism's resultant slavery, anger, violation of the sentient being man, pain, poverty and the otherwise destruction of man's nobility.

History has proven — over, and over, and over again in its many applications that socialism is a reinventing lie of the unconcealed display of human destruction, pain and mental / religious / emotional / financial / etc. degradation. To say there are any benefits to socialism is a heinous lie.

Dougmcr8, how do you define "Republic" or, "a republican form of government" (Article IV, Section 4, U.S. Constitution)? Legal Positivism, in toto having replaced "the laws of nature and of nature's God" (Declaration of independence) leaves NO such "Republic" in existence; AND, individual sovereignty, inalienable right(s) and liberty at nature's law having become nonexistent due to total usurpation from the intended republican form of government illuminates a "Republic" nonexistence; AND, corporatism (the U.S. is a corporation, each state is a corporation, local courts are individually incorporated, etc. — bylaws superior to members vs. law from sovereigns) has replaced a "republican form of government"; AND, compelled compliance, government licenses, victimless crimes, larceny with impunity (2nd plank of the communist manifesto, funny money, police state confiscations, etc.) and non-recognition of perfected allodium) have all eliminated the "Republic" / "republican form of government".

Nothing new, history just repeating itself.

Ahhh yes Sellik, speaking out of both sides of your mouth again. Your (-; proper ;-) social "arrangement" is otherwise known as slavery. Your canned stupid is an incomplete / misdirection; — your erroneous "vision" differs greatly from reality where socialism ultimately only creates, pain, misery, violence, lack of production, poverty, violence and the overall degradation of the noble being man.

Thank you Sillik for absolutely proving my point. Be it known to all: I am a child of God (I am a joint heir with love, truth, peace, inalienable rights and liberty at the "laws of nature and of nature's God"). Sillik, following your word salad's reasoning, since atheists do not consider themselves to be people, what are they. SO!, it is the NON-people that work so hard at eliminating rights and freedom. WOW, thanks again.

The de jure States united was not to be a government of the people - BUT RATHER, a body politic representing individual sovereign rights and liberty at nature’s law (protection and enhancement). Not a government by the people - BUT RATHER, a body of elected and hired inferiors / servants to the individual sovereigns (personally and in concert). AND; Not a government for the people - BUT RATHER, a body of elected and hired servants to represent each and every single sovereign’s rights and liberty at nature’s law.

I wouldn't have stated the subject matter in such a manner but, that is the reason is is the Rev. and I'm not ;-). —  I like it a lot.

Not shooting the messenger, the here stated message illuminates a somewhat prophetic parable. By example: The more the occupying statist theocracy infesting this nation implements and enforces its atheistic / anti-Christ “establishment of religion”, the more freedom perishes. Lincoln's stated type of government defines a "democracy" NOT a representative style of "republican form of government" (Article IV, Section 4, U.S. Constitution). A body politic representing individual sovereigns, inalienable rights, liberty and freedom at “The law of nature and of nature’s God” (Declaration of Independence) has perished from the earth while, clichés such as “We The People” and “government of the people, by the people, for the people” are fraudulently counterfeited to rationalize slavery, usurpations and tyranny.

I like it a lot — so very, VERY accurate.

We hold this truth to be self evident !

History has shown most educated (like from the theological seminaries, such as the ivy league) to be propagating dupes, only able to parrot the brainwashing and disinformation they graduated from. Of course, there are exceptions. Sillik, genuflecting before the socialist gods (communism, fascism, wokeism, etc.), your concept of educated is very different than the noble free

You can spread the word in an attempt to bring back individual sovereignty, inalienable rights and liberty at nature's law. You can work agains socialism and other enslaving / destructive isms.

(-; I like it a lot ;-). In most cases, very accurate