Bible as Weapon in American Revolution | Salt Lake City News

Salt Lake City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 5, 2026 · 1m

In 1776, the fight for American independence was as much a spiritual battle as a political one. Leaders like Patrick Henry and Thomas Paine wielded biblical language not for show, but as a powerful tool to frame their revolution as divinely sanctioned. Henry’s fiery “Liberty or Death” speech and Paine’s runaway bestseller “Common Sense” both drew heavily on scripture to justify rebellion against monarchy. Even skeptics like Benjamin Franklin used biblical references to lend moral weight to their cause. The Declaration of Independence itself echoes this divine rhetoric, invoking a “Creator,”…