The views of our founding fathers

                Now today I’m going to talk about the founding fathers. Mainly just what my views are on them. First off there is an article titled “American Genesis: In treating the nation’s founders as holy relics American forgets they were revolutionaries and risk-takers.” and before I read it I am going to tell you what my initial thoughts on the founding fathers was. Initially when someone mentioned the the phrase founding fathers I immediately picture john Adams, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, etc.; signing the declaration of independence (The painting by John Trumbull). My other immediate thought is war. George Washington comes to mind when I think war. Back in those days and he was a founding father. He was the first President of the united states and commander of the revolutionary army. Also when I hear founding fathers I think of our constitution. I think all the amendments and articles of confederation. I also think of John Adams. He was the second president of the united states. He was also a lawyer that freed British soldiers at the Boston massacre. Next I think of Benjamin Franklin. Honestly you have to admit when you hear that name the $100 bill comes to mind (at least for me anyway). I also think that all these men were great innovative thinkers and heroes for some. I also think they were very courageous for standing up against Britain (Their mother county).

                Now I am going to tell you my views on the founding fathers, now that I have read the passage “American Genesis: In treating the nation’s founders as holy relics American forgets they were revolutionaries and risk-takers” my views on the founding fathers have change a bit. At first I thought the founding fathers had it all planned out and knew what they were doing. Turns out they were clueless on a bunch of stuff. They took big risk and I quote from the article “The ice was thin, but was interesting, exhilarating… How in fact do we know what kind of government best serves the people who live there? What sort of data should we use Our Senses Nature? History? The American revolutionaries wondered; they did not know.” That actually took me by surprise because I thought this was all like a revelation to them; the constitution and government concepts. Turns out actually that John Locke said it himself that “knowledge comes from our five senses. It does not come from ideas that god has implanted ion our minds.” I was even more surprised when I heard they freely admitted that they didn’t know most of the answers to the questions people had. This however made them strong in the fact that doubt is what led our country and the article talks about that in depth. Even though they were clueless they sought hard to find the answers and along the way was some philosophy and conspiracy. My mind has come to the conclusion that these guys were dumb genius. That is because they make really dumb decisions and they learn and become smart by doing this.