The Divine Basis of the Fifth Amendment

One evening my wife and I had a bad argument while on our way home from a dinner, and feeling so unfairly treated, I let her know it in terms for which my sense of shame compelled me to apologize when we got home.  What had really gotten me angry was her comment that my silence to questions (that were of the "begging the question" type for the most part) was indicative of my negativity or "hatred" of her and she proceeded to insinuate all sorts of negativity in the past, in the present, etc. that were proved by my silence.  

But after apologizing, the thought formed in my mind that my silence simply was an expression of the pain I felt from being treated so negatively and my fear of saying unkind and unfair things as a means of "defending" myself through rage and shouting.

After thinking this I became aware of the use of silence, as a means of defending against verbal attacks, was much more than simple self defense and the user of such defense can remain confidently assured of such silence being morally, legally and philosophically correct.  

My first thought in coming to this conclusion was recalling a comment made by the character Thomas More in the movie A Man For All Seasons.  In defending his use of silence as a response to false accusations leveled by his accusers he stated that Law provides the accused the protection of silence which must imply innocence and not guilt.  It was then that the realization came to mind that our American Constitution provides this very protection through the Fifth Amendment expressed as an admonishment to the judicial system that an accused not be forced to abandon his silence and make statements that could be used to proclaim him guilty.  

Jesus Christ affirmed that silence meant innocence and not guilt when facing His accusers, as Pilate found out when Jesus admonished him for claiming the authority to crucify Him when Jesus had remained silent to Pilate's questioning.  Jesus asserted that Pilate's authority to judge came from God which implied that God's Justice never would allow condemnation of the innocent.  The additional comment of Jesus that the condemnation to death by His accusers, who had judged Jesus, not out of ignorance, but jealousy, was a far greater injustice than His ultimate unjust condemnation by Pilate, who condemned Jesus out of fear and weakness.

Ultimately then, the protection of an accused through silence as a response to accusations from judicial prosecution, in particular as expressed through the fifth amendment of our constitution, is based upon God's Divine Law.

If the American Left is successful, in the coming U.S. National Election in November, in strengthening their hold on government,  their attack on and abandonment of the American Constitution, especially the Bill of rights, of which the Fifth Amendment is part, will continue until their "constitution", not being based upon Divine Law, will assure the rights and privileges of those governing rather than the rights, liberty and freedoms of the people.  

In this new constitution there will be no "pleading the fifth".   The accused will be expected to provide their "confessions of guilt" where the guilt is assigned by their masters.  This is the way all tyrannies have operated through more than 6,000 years of recorded history.