On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 17:42 -0700, kelsey hudson wrote: > 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."
Because the word "Creator" is capitalized, the implication is he is speaking about God (to be more specific, Jehova, the God of the Jews and the Christian God). Why? Because it has always been the standard practice, when referring to Jevoha, to always capitalize He, Him, God, Creator, or any other word that refers to Him. So, he was talking about rights given to all people by God. Now, if you can find some writing somewhere from Jefferson stating that he was not referring to God or any deity, then that's a different story. PGA -- Paul G. Allen BSIT/SE Owner/Sr. Engineer Random Logic Consulting www.randomlogic.com -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
