Mr. Woodward's criticism of Dr. Hazony's message appears to be a search for a reason to reject the robustly documented accuracy of Hazony's thesis. The term "Judeo-Christian" values correctly recognizes the influence of the Hebrew bible on Christianity in its many iterations. The Founder's frequently acknowledged having consulted the Hebrew bible and modelling Davidic Kingdom governance. Respectful tolerance of diversity is an integral biblical derivative of foundational documents which Woodward mistakes for validation of his erroneous and gratuitous attack upon Hazony's demonstrably correct assertions.
I wrote the criticism in the voice of Woodard. Not only did you not pick up on that, but you didn't read what I wrote in his voice, you responded to the voices in your own head.
This is probably why you don't address any of the actual ideas. You simply reassert Hazony's thesis as 'robustly documented' and 'demonstrably correct' without engaging with the substance of the critique. Is Woodard right? Is he blowing smoke with these "11 Nations"? I'm willing to read a critique of that. I'm not willing to indulge unsupported ranting.
The Founders 'consulted the Hebrew Bible'? That's interesting. The Founders were highly Biblically literate. They were steeped in Scripture. So it's noteworthy that not once in the Federalist Papers, the Declaration of Independence, or the Articles of Confederation is the Bible cited. Not once.
That says something deep about their vision for governance. They didn't discard religion. But they very consciously and deliberately didn’t ground the republic in it.
Yoram Hazony has been misinterpreting the history of political thought for decades.
Do you think Yoram Hazony hates America? This isn’t a gotcha question
Not at all.
Mr. Woodward's criticism of Dr. Hazony's message appears to be a search for a reason to reject the robustly documented accuracy of Hazony's thesis. The term "Judeo-Christian" values correctly recognizes the influence of the Hebrew bible on Christianity in its many iterations. The Founder's frequently acknowledged having consulted the Hebrew bible and modelling Davidic Kingdom governance. Respectful tolerance of diversity is an integral biblical derivative of foundational documents which Woodward mistakes for validation of his erroneous and gratuitous attack upon Hazony's demonstrably correct assertions.
I wrote the criticism in the voice of Woodard. Not only did you not pick up on that, but you didn't read what I wrote in his voice, you responded to the voices in your own head.
This is probably why you don't address any of the actual ideas. You simply reassert Hazony's thesis as 'robustly documented' and 'demonstrably correct' without engaging with the substance of the critique. Is Woodard right? Is he blowing smoke with these "11 Nations"? I'm willing to read a critique of that. I'm not willing to indulge unsupported ranting.
The Founders 'consulted the Hebrew Bible'? That's interesting. The Founders were highly Biblically literate. They were steeped in Scripture. So it's noteworthy that not once in the Federalist Papers, the Declaration of Independence, or the Articles of Confederation is the Bible cited. Not once.
That says something deep about their vision for governance. They didn't discard religion. But they very consciously and deliberately didn’t ground the republic in it.