The government was pretty weak under the Articles of Confederation. The government lacked the power to tax the states.
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Humility—including an openness to unexpected findings, and to having one's own ideas challenged—is part of what enables scientific progress.
Evangelicals believe that one needs to believe and praise Jesus in order to be saved (just being a good person is not enough), and additionally one needs to be "born again" - a spiritual rebirth from the Holy Spirit.
