What did roosevelt mean when he said . but justice and generosity in a nation . . count most when shown not by the weak but by the?

no people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own strength, but with gratitude to the Giver of Good who has blessed us with the conditions which have enabled us to achieve so large a measure of well-being and of happiness. To us as a people it has been granted to lay the foundations of our national life in a new continent. We are the heirs of the ages, and yet we have had to pay few of the penalties which in old countries are exacted by the dead hand of a bygone civilization. We have not been obliged to fight for our existence against any alien race; and yet our life has called for the vigor and effort without which the manlier and hardier virtues wither away. Under such conditions it would be our own fault if we failed; and the success which we have had in the past, the success which we confidently believe the future will bring, should cause in us no feeling of vainglory, but rather a deep and abiding realization of all which life has offered us; a full acknowledgment of the responsibility which is ours; and a fixed determination to show that under a free government a mighty people can thrive best, alike as regards the things of the body and the things of the soul.

Point 1 : Anti religion argument- Talk about anti abortion and anti lgbt movements amongst Christians and the hypocrisy surrounding it due to ‘Love thy neighbour’ teachings ect.

Point 2 : Pro religion argument - Religion allows for you to make peace with things such as death *or* religion can act as a moral compass whereas with no religion you could argue you would have no motivation to be a good eithical person - 10 commandments as an example of this.

Point 3: 2nd Anti Religion argument - religions make you do things for a reward, example being Ecclesiastes 9:5-6, whereas without religion you are your own moral compass and therefore are morally better

Conclusion: conclude your own opinion, if it was me I would be on the anti religion standpoint and would argue it only causes suffering because even if you are a good religious person, your scripture, in this case the Bible, condones terrible tragedies such as slavery, and you cannot pick and choose with it.

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