Christian Seberino wrote:
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.
If I understand you correctly, you are equating deism with atheism? Hence
it must mean so and so....?
Deism is *not* atheism. Deists believe there is a Creator, but that this
Creator doesn't interact with or interfere with people or the universe
past its initial creation.
Do me a favor and read my quoted text once again. Pay special attention
to the part which reads, "... his Creator had no effect on peoples'
lives past creating the universe." If this holds true, then the Creator
could *not* have endowed those rights upon all men; it is instead an
inherent right granted upon men by virtue of being men. Investigate
Deism further.
When did I start sounding like a Philosopher? I think I'm done with this
thread.
-Kelsey
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