Two Patriotic t-Shirts

 Two Patriotic T-shirts Authored By Phil Beaver

Happily, in 2026, I authored two patriotic t-shirts and had 100 each made, in order

to give them away. I call one, “Trust” and the other, “Commitment”.

The second shirt proposes an executive order to change the United States

republic’s motto to “We Commit to Sincere Liberty,” where “We” refers to

inhabitants who trust-in and commit-to the preamble to the United States

Constitution and it’s ratification by Congress, on December 15, 1791.

Often, as I present a shirt, the receiver shares a thought and thereby teaches me a

new view of its message. The purpose of this document is to share some of the

ideas the shirts have generated.

I gifted 2 each to the President with the First Lady.

The following is what I learned, substantially from discussing the shirts’ messages.

First: The Trust shirt

I express separation of state from church by substituting “g-d” in Congress’s

United States motto, “In God We Trust”, enacted in 1956. God is a title

representing competitive belief. The congressionally enacted motto

unconstitutionally disrespects and excludes non-believers, unless God is defined,

according to me, “that which constrains the consequences of human choice”, or

better. To distance my opinion from God, I prefer to call the constraining power,

“The Lord”.

As things are, humankind can only observe the consequences of choice and resolve

not to repeat errors. Repeating error produces badness: humankind needs goodness.

This cannot be an individual task for each person. For example, each newborn does

not have the privilege of murder and the excuse, “I did not know . . .”.

Over the millennia, humankind observes consequences and ought to accurately,

precisely, and deeply journal the choices that caused bad consequences. For

example, wars between nations ruin children’s opportunities to discover and

develop goodness for life.

Authors of two well-established United States documents chose not to use God to

segregate inhabitants.

First, in the declaration of war from England, authors did not attempt to establish a

nation. Instead, they declared war against England. The signers took full

responsibility to humankind for the declaration, its arguments, and killing British

soldiers. They expressed humility, “appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world

for the rectitude of our intentions” and “reliance on the protection of divine

Providence”, quoting the Declaration of Independence. Rather than citing God,

they expressed diligent humility to whatever constrains the consequences of human

choice.

Second, the United States Constitution, ratified on December 15, 1791, neither

establishes theism nor prevents non-belief. See especially the religion clauses in

the First Amendment.

However, the 1956 motto would divide the people using “In God We Trust”. A

government may try but can neither arbitrarily divide its people nor influence The

Lord to defeat an enemy nation.

Theists arrogantly call non-believers “theists”. However, the object of the title

“God” is an atheist: The Lord has no use for doctrine or belief. People who tolerate

the 1956 motto pretend that God represents their deity. Believers overlook humility

to each their deity God, (whatever that word represents to them), The Lord, and

themselves. Thus, the Trinitarian, the Muslim, and the Jew converse about God,

each perhaps meaning either Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; Allah; or Hashem;

respectively. The non-believer is excluded by the group of divided believers and

theism is thereby unconstitutional.

Front of the Trust shirt:

“In g-d We Trust”.

Back of the Trust shirt:

“Cynthia’s Mystery; developed by talkers at Perkins Road Park, Baton Rouge,

LA”.

The flaw on the front:

Since Jews do not pretend to name that which constrains the consequence of

choice, some use G-d to conduct civic talk with non-Jews. This idea is mimicked

on the t-shirt by dropping the capital “G” so as to express that even non-believers

may and can voice the motto, applying their personal definition of “g-d”, for

example, meaning Christ or Allah. People who pursue goodness rather than God

may envision “good”, others may apply “God”, and some may do both. A few

demand “God”. Civically, it is common to express “god” by using the descriptive

“good order directed”. The Trust t-shirt weakly argues for the modified motto

using “g-d”. The argument objects to Congress’s arbitrary imposition on civic

inhabitants.

Cynthia’s mystery:

This phrase cites two issues: traditional male dominance in some cultures and

governments and my deceased wife’s faith.

First, some primitive peoples named elements of the cosmos and of human life,

gods; for example, Eros, a god of love. Some related the sun’s power to the male

gender and the moon’s lesser power to the female gender. However, the moon

effects order rather than light. A Greek moon goddess, Artemis, had the byname,

Cynthia.

Today, there is less mystery. Researchers know the sun is a natural nuclear reactor

that supplies energy to our solar system. The earth orbits the sun annually, ordering

the seasons according to its axial tilt either toward or away-from the sun. The earth

rotates daily on its axis, and the moon orbits the earth monthly. The moon’s

gravitational forces on the earth order the tilt of the axis and the ebb of the tides.

Naturally, sun and moon are equally important to human evolution, supplying

energy and order, respectively. But when energy fades, order is essential to human

survival. While sun and moon seem equally important, if there’s a priority it’s

order rather than energy; moon rather than sun; woman rather than man.

My wife, Cynthia, taught me a secret: an authentic man dedicates his energy to a

complete woman’s pursuit of order in life. People who knew my wife in Greece, in

1972-3, held her in awe. So do I, now as her widower.

Why awe?

Woman’s nature is to serve, first her immediate family, then her extended family,

then their descendants. She has capacity to care beyond her family; she happily

serves friends and neighbors. She can safely deliver a baby every 18 months,

meaning a 20 fertile-year capacity for 14 gestations. During her fertile era, she may

deliver 260 ova. Fortunate is the man who joins to her. Fortunate are the

descendants of their parenting.

Happy and humble, Cynthia was a Psalm-82-goddess facing death. Unfortunately, I

had to opine that-interpretation of the Hebrew Bible on my own, missing the

benefits of perceiving that idea from the start: Each infant has the opportunity to

pursue personal perfection until their body and mind stop functioning. In other

words, my parents and society could-have and should-have taught me male

authenticity. I opine because I do not know the ineluctable truth.

After a Sunday school class on John 6:38-40, I asked Cynthia the difference

between God and Jesus. She responded, “There is no difference, and I need not

explain it: It’s a mystery.”

Talkers:

People, e.g., at Perkins Road Park in Baton Rouge, who are willing to share life by

talking -- yesterday, today, or in future -- help me to understand the t-shirt.

Second shirt

The second shirt expresses, on the front, “We Commit to Diligent Humility”,

which seems more consistent with both the United States Constitution and Genesis

1:27-28,31 NABRE. In particular humankind has the responsibility, authority, and

power to order life on earth. The Lord will not respond to urges to usurp

humankind’s role on earth.

In the American war for independence, the founders and the patriots took full

responsibility for killing British soldiers and did not blame “God”. Whatever

power constrains the consequences of choice did not shoot guns: the revolutionary

soldiers did. In the 1776 Declaration of Independence, authors expressed humility

to whatever constrains the consequences of human choice. The 1791 United States

Constitution intends a republic under the rule of law rather than under theism.

The back expresses “Cynthia’s purity” and “developed with . . .” rather than “by . .

.” talkers.

A Civic People of the United States

The second shirt, on the front, features the Louisiana registration of the education

corporation I founded, A Civic People of the United States. Its purpose is to

promote the intentions suggested in the preamble to the United States as the

individual citizen perceives them and applies them for goodness in life. The focus

is educating children that they may and can accept both Genesis 1:27-28,31 and the

United States republic’s intentions.

Acknowledgements

Judith M. Weimer and Brian J. Weimer assisted me with my last two messages to

Mr. President at the White House.

I appreciate my daughter Rebekah suggesting the phrase: Good which motivates

goodness.

Phillip Beaver, October 6, 2026

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