On Jul 13, 2007, at 3:43 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 7/13/07 1:54:21 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
No, but the Declaration of Independence does and various state
constitutions
> did refer to a Deity. This also refers to the ratification of the
> Constitution, not its writing which was partially written by John
Jay, first Supreme
> Court Head Justice who said: " Providence has given our people the
choice of
> their rulers and it is their duty as well as privilege and interest
of our
> Christian nation to select and prefer Christian rulers." Who of
course would
> reflect Christian values in their decisions and laws. Of course
other law was
> considered and adopted considering the times. We don't stone people
nor cast
> them out based upon disease. And how would they determine whether
any delegate
> ever used the term Ten Commandments or laws of Moses or any other
such terms?
> Were they there? But we do know the values they lived by, 29 were
Anglicans,
> 16 to 18 were Calvinist , 2 were Methodist, 2 Lutherans 2
Catholics, 1
> Quaker/Anglican and 1 known Deist who was Benjamin Franklin who by
the attended
> various Churches. There were only 55 writers and signers of the
Constitution. .
That's a far cry from your whacky claim that US law is based on
Deuteronomy.
I have one question for you. When was the last time you read the
Book of Deuteronomy
Let's keep in mind that there is more to Halakha, Jewish Law, than
just the Torah. People like Selden were capitalizing on the English
reformation and the newfound information they had access to, in this
case: British interest on universal law (read: what a sea-faring,
world dominating country needs to know). And they had early access to
the first European ghetto--and it's hordes of Kabbalists and
Tzaddiks--in Venetia. Thus arose a much broader interpretation of
universal, Noachide ideas and policies. We've inherited quite a few.
