Faith in God is one of America’s core values.
“Now I lay me down to sleep; I pray the Lord my soul to keep.”
“A family who prays together stays together.”
“The
Apostles' Creed is a prayer that summarizes the core beliefs of the
Catholic faith. It begins with I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth.” — Catholicism Devotions
First and foremost, we believe God loves us and gives us life. It follows that we should love each other as God loves us.
God, the Supreme Being with supreme goodness—is where our behavior and our values converge. “He provides a stable, traditional, and definitely rationally decidable way of thinking about the moral landscape. — Catholic Answers
God provides mankind with a roadmap to living a moral life; direction toward what’s right, not wrong; good versus evil; and what ends in heaven or hell.
Since the beginning, “God has given man free will. Tragedy, harm, loss, bad behavior is the devil’s doing. God is always by our side to guide us back to joy.”
In our governments, men and women put their hand on the bible and take an oath; the Pledge of Allegiance says “one nation under God” and our money says “In God We Trust.”
The Declaration of Independence documents inalienable rights from God. The words declare, “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights like life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. (Men refers to the colonists, not the whole world.)
An inalienable right is a personal right that cannot be taken or given away by law, custom or belief, except in punishment of crime.
It is a natural right that is given to every individual American citizen at birth and retained throughout life. Examples of inalienable rights include the right to life, and the right to liberty.
America is a Judeo-Christian country to emphasize the union of our deeply religious faith. This union broadcasts America’s rebuke of communism, which is the death of individual, equal rights and freedoms.
On or about 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower declared this belief for all to know: "Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don't care what it is. With us, of course, it is the Judeo-Christian concept but it must be a religion that all men are created equal."
As with faith in God, our other values also declare our beliefs and what is most important to us as American citizens. ///