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The Declaration of Independence proclaims that ""all men are created equal"" and ""are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights."" For generations, those hallowed words inspired not only Americans, but millions around the globe. Yet today many Americans are skeptical or confused about the Declaration's key claims. In this timely book, political scientist John G. West explores the original meaning of the Declaration and shows how its propositions drew support from both the Bible and early modern science. He then documents how science was later misused to overturn the Declaration's teaching on equality, subvert its understanding of liberty, and justify the creation of a technocratic state that regulates us from cradle to grave. Finally, he reveals new scientific discoveries that are pointing us back to the truths expressed in the Declaration-and he explains why it is urgent that our culture recover them.

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""John West... reminds us that the Founding Fathers meant that our rights come from... God and not secular authority. Our current crisis of culture and spirit will only be healed by the return to those Creator-endowed rights."" Newt Gingrich, Speaker, US House of Representatives (1995-1999) ""Masterfully peels back the layers of debris to reveal the truth and beauty of America's founding document.... An essential primer on the greatest political document in human history."" Joel Berry, Managing Editor, The Babylon Bee ""What could be more important on our celebration of 250 years as a nation than to understand the basis of our divinely blessed founding? This book gets us back to bedrock."" Sam Brownback, former United States Senator and Governor of Kansas, and former US Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom ""An important and wide-ranging book, examining America's founding ideals and the gradual but consistent assault on them through the years.... It couldn't be timelier."" David Limbaugh, New York Times bestselling author of Crimes Against Liberty ""This masterful work begins with the Declaration of Independence and traces the fundamental truths therein through the complete development of modern scientific culture, along the way settling Darwin in his proper niche and reviving the 'consent of the governed' as the bedrock of good government."" William B. Allen, Emeritus Dean and Professor of Political Philosophy, Michigan State University; former Chairman, United States Commission on Civil Rights ""John West grasps and wields the redemptive key to prosperity: human creativity in the image of the Creator."" George Gilder, author of Wealth and Poverty ""As John G. West eloquently explains, America is founded on a set of ideas, ideas articulated in the Declaration of Independence... [H]e calls upon his fellow citizens to recommit ourselves to the Declaration's principles."" Mark David Hall, Professor, Regent University; author of Did America Have a Christian Founding? ""Endowed by Our Creator is required reading for every adult citizen and resident of America. It is required reading for every student in our public, private, and home schools as well as colleges and universities. Dr. John West has done the Herculean task of elucidating the meaning and eternal importance of the foundational creed of the United States of America-the Declaration of Independence."" Gerson Moreno-Riaño, President, Cornerstone University ""John West masterfully exposes how science, philosophy, theology, and political theory have been misused to portray the Declaration of Independence as antiquated and misleading. He demonstrates instead that these disciplines, rightly understood, strongly reinforce the Declaration's original meaning and enduring intent."" William A. Dembski, author of The Design Inference ""John West supplies a succinct analysis of the fundamental principles of the Declaration of Independence. He also shows how contemporary science may supplement and even fulfill those principles against clashing claims from social and natural scientists."" Ken Masugi, Johns Hopkins University (2009-2025); co-editor of The American Founding: Essays on the Formation of the Constitution ""John West is right to direct our attention to the way in which our rights, duties, and free government itself were ""endowed by our Creator,"" and must draw their understanding from 'the laws of Nature and of Nature's God.'"" Steven F. Hayward, Visiting Professor, Pepperdine University School of Public Policy; author of the two-volume The Age of Reagan

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