in the Enlightenment and Deism (look it up - many if not most of the signers were Deists) the Creator referred not to the Christian god but to a more abstract concept of Nature's creator. So the Declaration of Independence is not a "Christian" document.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:49 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well...not according to the Dec of Independence....we didn't give anything > to ourselves......these rights are inalienable, they can't be separated > from us, and they were endowed in us by our Creator. > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:45 PM, GMoney wrote: > > > > > I still hold that we can have inalienable rights, even without a > sentient > > > Creator. That we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of > > > happiness...simply because we exist...regardless of who or how we were > > > created. > > > > > > Right - we have these rights because we decided to give them to > ourselves. > > Not because a dude heard them coming from a talking shrubery that's on > > fire. > > > > To my knowledge the idea of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of > > happiness" was conceived of by man, not god. > > > > -Cameron > > > > ... > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362398 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
