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To: buckeyesrule
"But if our choice is between the primacy of individuals and the primacy of God — if, that is, we are to choose between individual human beings and God — then the vast majority of traditional religious believers would have to choose God."

No need to make that choice. The primacy of individuals (natural law) is our endowment from God.

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; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

It's no surprise to me that Reich would consider Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin to be his enemies. His only friend is the nanny state that empowers self-rightous overeducated, unlearned zealots like him.

70 posted on 07/07/2004 12:10:36 PM PDT by Ditto ( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
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To: Ditto

>>It's no surprise to me that Reich would consider Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin to be his enemies. His only friend is the nanny state that empowers self-rightous overeducated, unlearned zealots like him.<<

The best description of this "person" I've yet seen, particularly the "overeducated, unlearned" part.


74 posted on 07/07/2004 12:24:44 PM PDT by fraidycat ("We are indeed, and we are today, the last best hope of man on earth." --Ronald Reagan)
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