From the Archive: The Fruit of the West is the Fruit of Christianity — Charlie at the Sun Valley Policy Forum
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Why does Charlie Kirk argue that Christianity and the Ten Commandments matter to American society?
My name is Charlie Kirk. I run the largest pro-American student organization in the country fighting for the future of our republic. My call is to fight evil and to proclaim truth. If the most important thing for you is just feeling good, you're going to end up miserable. But if the most important thing is doing good, you will end up purposeful. College is a scam, everybody. You gotta stop sending your kids to college. You should get married as young as possible and have as many kids as possible. Go start a Turning Point USA college chapter. Go start a Turning Point USA high school chapter. Go find out how your church can get involved. Sign up and become an activist. I gave my life to the Lord in fifth grade.
Most important decision I ever made in my life, and I encourage you to do the same. Here I am. Lord, use me. Buckle up, everybody. Here we go. Noble Gold Investments is the official gold sponsor of The Charlie Kirk Show, a company that specializes in gold IRAs and physical delivery of precious metals. Learn how you could protect your wealth with Noble Gold Investments at noblegoldinvestments.com. That is noblegoldinvestments.com.
That was fantastic. Thank you, Charlie.
Thank you.
You know, I'm not going to put Charlie on the spot here, but we were talking in the green room, and he asked about the pavilion and could we fill the pavilion next time.
I
said, yes, we could.
I get this bad trait from Donald Trump. I always want bigger rooms and bigger spaces and more crowds. That's right. Maybe it's a good trait. I don't know. That's
right. That's right. That's excellent. That was incredible. I want to talk about all the things we talked about. So we can go through a little bit of that. We're going to take some questions. We've got some time. So Independence Day is coming up. We do have a core topic that we talk about, the Constitution. And you like to talk about freedom of religion in the Constitution and why that is one of the most important clauses of the First Amendment and is a driver for freedom for all Americans, regardless of religion. Do you want to kind of just
spend a little time explaining that to us? I'm a deeply religious person, but even if you are not religious, you have to be intellectually honest that the country was better when more Americans took their religion seriously, period. And it's absolutely true. And you might say that the two are not related. I completely disagree. I think that it was better when most Americans believed that there was a creator of the universe that was not them, and they did not desire to be the creator of the world. I think it's just a better world to live in when you have that operating belief. And I could tell you that if you think it's okay, I'm not saying anyone has this belief, but just if you think it's okay that America loses its religious flavor or fervor, look to Europe what happens as they all of a sudden have become less religious.
That continent is a husk of its former self. and you lose the moral center. There's a reason why, and this is a very important point. John Adams famously said, he was one of my favorite founding fathers, he famously said, the Constitution was written wholly for a moral and religious people. It is inadequate for the people of any other. So basically, the form and structure that I just spent time talking about, you really can't continue if America becomes completely secular. And there's a reason for it. If you have a body politic that believes that there is a God who judges them and believe that there's a God who cares about how they act and that God wants you to do certain things, you don't need the voluminous laws that we have in our society where we have 900,000 laws if you count the Federal Register and the Federal Code and so on and so forth.
So I just want to say that first and foremost. Secondly, we've always been lectured about separation of church and state. That is not in the Constitution. But for argument's sake, let's pretend that's actually something that's in the Constitution. Instead, it's free exercise of religion and the establishment clause that Congress shall make no law abridging or respecting the religion thereof.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why does Charlie Kirk argue that Christianity and the Ten Commandments matter to American society?
0:03–13:04
2
How does Charlie Kirk distinguish classical liberty from personal license?
13:04–18:26
3
Why does Charlie Kirk describe Pride Month as a new state-run religion?
18:26–25:54
4
How does Charlie Kirk argue that CRT and DEI affect individual rights and merit?
25:54–28:50
5
What should high school graduates consider instead of going straight to college?
28:50–32:20
6
What could Donald Trump's sentencing mean for the election and the rule of law?
32:20–35:22
7
How can conservatives build grassroots influence and strengthen American families?
35:22–45:47
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How can young Christians defend their faith and stay courageous under criticism?
45:47–57:49
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