Patrick Henry

Here is my blog about Patrick Henry.  Sorry that it is a little late.
Patrick Henry gives a very passionate speech as to what he thinks should happen with his people.  He gets into a lot of detail as to why he thinks what he thinks is right.  I believe that he is true in what he is saying because he does give a lot of data and facts to back up his ideas.  It is like what we have been talking about in class, if you can back up what you believe to be true than your statements or beliefs are true.  He goes on a long speech as to why they should go to war.  He says what they have done that has not worked and then says that they must fight. "Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free-- if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!" (Henry 119).  He states they have done everything possible and it is still not workin so the only thing left for them to do is to go to war.  Some people may not agree with what he is saying, but he tells them cleary why they should, and that God has left them. "
Deism is not a specific religion but rather a particular perspective on the nature of God. Deists believe that a creator god does exist, but that after the motions of the universe were set in place he retreated, having no further interaction with the created universe or the beings within it. As such, there are a variety of common religious beliefs that deists do not accept. Because the deist god is entirely removed from involvement, he has neither need nor want of worship. Indeed, deists commonly hold that God does not even care if humanity believes in him." (Beyer).  I do not agree with what they believe.  Why would a God create such an amazing world and then not care what happens. To me it does not make any sense.

Beyer, Catherine. "Deism - What Is Deism? - Beliefs of Deists." Alternative Religions. Web. 03 Oct. 2011. http://altreligion.about.com/od/alternativereligionsaz/p/Deism.htm.

Henry, Patrick. "Speech to the Second Virginia Convention". Comp. Jeffrey D. Wilhelm, Ph.D. and Douglas Fisher, Ph.D. Glencoe Literature. American Literature ed. Columbus: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2009. 116-119. Print.