You are correct. I never implied they were. But they DID mention a Creator......it very specifically said our rights are endowed by our CREATOR...not by us. So whether by God or by Nature, our rights were endowed to us, we didn't create them ourselves.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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:362399 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
