I think we are leaving off this list..
.. The 5000 Year Leap : A Miracle That Changed the World(Paperback)
I have not read this book and most likely will not and I remember it being promoted on the radio by the writer years back: I think his premise is off... He is selling his messaged to conservative and Christians...
WE (the world last a 1000 years during the dark ages) I think the birth of America has recapture those lost 1000 years... and maybe made up some form the first dark age
Late Bronze Age collapse (1200–900 BCE). We have had two periods when mankind lost its way...
Here is its
rational behind the book: From Amazon
In The 5000 Year Leap: A Miracle That Changed the World, Discover the 28 Principles of Freedom our Founding Fathers said must be understood and perpetuated by every people who desire peace, prosperity, and freedom. Learn how adherence to these beliefs during the past 200 years has brought about more progress than was made in the previous 5000 years. These 28 Principles include The Genius of Natural Law, Virtuous and Moral Leaders, Equal Rights--Not Equal Things, and Avoiding the Burden of Debt.
Review: From a reader
This left me in an awkward predicament when I read the stuff that was new to me. I just didn't feel like I could trust him.
All told, this is a good book if the reader approaches it with the realization that Skousen was not a historian examining the record and trying to learn lessons from it. He was by training a lawyer and, as such, I think he approached this book knowing the arguments he wanted to make and picking those points from the historical record which supported his argument and either trivializing or altogether ignoring anything that didn't.
Principle 1 -
The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law.
Principle 2 -
A free people cannot survive under a republican constitution unless they remain virtuous and morally strong.
Principle 3 -
The most promising method of securing a virtuous people is to elect virtuous leaders.
Principle 4 -
Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained.
Principle 5 -
All things were created by God, therefore upon him all mankind are equally dependent, and to him they are equally responsible .
Principle 6 -
All mankind were created equal.
Principle 7 -
The proper role of government is to protect equal rights, not provide equal things.
Principle 8 -
Mankind are endowed by God with certain unalienable rights.
Principle 9 - To protect human rights, God has revealed a code of divine law.
Principle 10 -
The God-given right to govern is vested in the sovereign authority of the whole people.
Principle 11 -
The majority of the people may alter or abolish a government which has become tyrannical.
Principle 12 -
The United States of America shall be a republic.
Principle 13 - A Constitution should protect the people from the frailties of their rulers.
Principle 14 -
Life and liberty are secure only so long as the rights of property are secure .
Principle 15 -
The highest level of prosperity occurs when there is a free-market economy and a minimum of government regulations.
Principle 16 -
The government should be separated into three branches .
Principle 17 -
A system of checks and balances should be adopted to prevent the abuse of power by the different branches of government.
Principle 18 - The unalienable rights of the people are most likely to be preserved if the principles of government are set forth in a written Constitution.
Principle 19 -
Only limited and carefully defined powers should be delegated to government, all others being retained by the people.
Principle 20 -
Efficiency and dispatch require that the government operate according to the will of the majority, but constitutional provisions must be made to protect the rights of the minority.
Principle 21 -
Strong local self-government is the keystone to preserving human freedom.
Principle 22 -
A free people should be governed by law and not by the whims of men.
Principle 23 -
A free society cannot survive as a republic without a broad program of general education.
Principle 24 -
A free people will not survive unless they stay strong.
Principle 25 -
"Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations -- entangling alliances with none."- Thomas Jefferson, given in his first inaugural address.
Principle 26 - The core unit which determines the strength of any society is the family; therefore the government should foster and protect its integrity.
Principle 27 -
The burden of debt is as destructive to human freedom as subjugation by conquest.
Principle 28 -
The United States has a manifest destiny to be an example and a blessing to the entire human race.
Here is a link that may clarify these principles but I will warn you. They trying to sell the book too...
https://nccs.net/products/the-5000-year-leap-a-miracle-that-changed-the-world-book