It makes some sense. America was founded on the belief that we (or at that time at least white, male property owners) were endowed by our Creator with certain

It makes some sense. America was founded on the belief that we (or at that time at least white, male property owners) were endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights. It was only by appealing to a greater power that we could essentially describe human rights and the need for limited government and individual liberty.