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re: In God We Trust now under attack..
Posted on 5/7/18 at 10:33 am to GRTiger
Posted on 5/7/18 at 10:33 am to GRTiger
Because they come from Nature, as Aristotle argued.
The Founders didn't invent the idea of natural rights, they were inspired - as the rest of the Western world was - by the Greeks.
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Universal law is the law of Nature. For there really is, as every one to some extent divines, a natural justice and injustice that is binding on all men, even on those who have no association or covenant with each other.
The Founders didn't invent the idea of natural rights, they were inspired - as the rest of the Western world was - by the Greeks.
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Posted on 5/7/18 at 10:40 am to Muthsera
Did they credit Aristotle in the Declaration?
They do reference the laws of nature, but certainly their motivations and beliefs also rested on their belief in a creator as the source of those rights.
I'm not arguing that we use those couple of lines as evidence they intended America to be a Christian nation, but I think the argument that many of their motivations and justifications for establishing an independent nation weren't founded in their religious beliefs is weak.
They do reference the laws of nature, but certainly their motivations and beliefs also rested on their belief in a creator as the source of those rights.
I'm not arguing that we use those couple of lines as evidence they intended America to be a Christian nation, but I think the argument that many of their motivations and justifications for establishing an independent nation weren't founded in their religious beliefs is weak.
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