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."
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.
You seem to overlook the fact that although Jefferson was the author, he
was not writing it as though it were only from himself. He wrote it as
a consensus. In essence, the many authors were in agreement.
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