Jefferson never said it wasn't, and to that matter why is that even part of the argument. I don't care about terms, the idea is still there was something bigger, that created man, and that upon creation instilled in man certain rights specifically life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Jefferson went on to say that governments are instituted to secure these rights. Yes, we have created laws that allow us to take away a persons rights, however we have said that to this require due process. > -----Original Message----- > From: G [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 12:53 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Why CIA Permantly Hurt By Plame Leak > > It doesn't matter if you consider God = Creator. What TJ is saying is that > our right to Liberty flows from the very act of creation. All men are born > free by the very act of their birth, in other words...that freedom need > not > be bequeathed to them by another man. > > "Liberty" is a man made CONCEPT, it would have to be for us to understand > it! But TJ's saying we have no cause to grant it or deny it at the point > of > creation. It's a non-issue whether God is the Creator or the Creator is > God. > > (but yer right, the neo-cons would have us believe that TJ's "creator" is > the same "God" which they preach in their brand of Christianity) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how to get a fax number that sends and receives faxes using your current email address http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=64 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:166990 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
