Human Nature and the Declaration of Independence

I would like to show that the view of human nature that is shown in The Declaration of
Independence is taken more from the Bible and that that view is in disagreement with two of the
three esays given in class. The Biblical perspective of man is that he was created by a divine
Creator with a specific plan in mind and made in the image of his Creator. Men are entitled to the
pursuit of happiness but also required by the Laws of Nature and Nature's God to be the just
attendants of the land and of the governed. The Nature of man is sinful so that they must be
governed but those who govern…