Einstein and Jefferson, Two Peas in a Pod

I was recently thinking about Albert Einstein, and his famous E=MC2 formula.  It basically states that energy and mass are the same thing, just in different forms.  The same way liquid water and ice are the same thing, just in different forms.  Energy is equivalent to Mass times the Speed of Light Squared.  Einstein is credited with discovery of this, but the formula is just a way to describe something natural that is already there.  God made the laws of the universe, Einstein just found a way to make sense of it, and put it into an equation that everyone could understand and use.

I see the early freedom philosophers in the exact same way.  John Locke, Thomas Paine, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Jefferson; they all were looking at the natural order of things.  They didn't create the concept of personal liberty, it was already there.  They just found a way to make sense of it, and put it into words that everyone could understand and use.

So, when you hear someone trying to wax philosophical about the founding fathers and their vision, remember that the founding fathers were just the men who put what is natural into practical application for the first time.  Personal liberty has always been there.  "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.  That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."  Self evident!  The rights to life, liberty, and happiness (among other rights) are natural laws; just like gravity.

We can always look to government to corrupt something pure.  They took Einstein's formula and created the Atom bomb, and they took the founding father's basis for government and perverted them into Leviathan state we have today.  Well, I have news for Big Brother, the longer you try to fight gravity, the harder you fall.  Keep messing with nature, and see what happens!

Your thoughts?