On Tue, March 27, 2007 9:59 am, Paul G. Allen wrote: > 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. >
Oh, hell, Paul, they capitalized every third noun in those days ... it was the style. You're reading tea leaves here ;-) -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
