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Podcast: Plausibly Live - The Dave Bowman Show
Episode: Liberty Without Faith Is Dead
Description: John Adams once said that “our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.”
Like so many of the Framers and Founders, he had a deep level of understanding that seems to have been lost today. So what exactly was John Adams’ meaning?
The answer may come from a story related to us from the Midrash, when a famous Rabbi sent two of his disciples to a nearby town to inspect things. When they arrived, the asked the city leaders to show them the Guardians of their city.
The Rabbis were shown...