lectures and supposed to, like the one we're going to see tonight are going to be quite common here at the ubc am and what we're going to find out is the many consequential ways in which the bible is important to american society. tonight, we're gonna be looking at the connection between the bible and religious freedom, you know the founders of our nation and the forebears came to this land to begin an unusual experiment. and it had to do with a lot of things including religious freedom. one of the most iconic symbols of that religious freedom is the liberty bill and some of you may have had the chance to see a replica of it on the second floor. the liberty bill was ordered on november the 1st 1751 as a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of william penn's charger. and when you toured, you see the replica -- the replica was made in 2001 at the same foundry the white champ foundry in england. and engraved on the liberty bell, it's just warning sample of the connection between the bible and religious freedom is a passage that comes from the verdict is 20 5:10, proclaimed liberty throughout --