Christian Seberino wrote:
On Mon, March 26, 2007 1:33 pm, kelsey hudson wrote:
"...God-given rights..." did not directly mean rights given to all
people by an absolute deity creator-persona; instead, it meant "rights
granted upon all people by virtue of being people."
And you know this how?
Because, the text reads:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
And we know, Jefferson being a Deist, that his Creator had no effect on
peoples' lives past creating the universe. Thus, by direct inference,
its proper meaning is, "rights granted upon all people by virtue of
being people," quod erat demonstratum.
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