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To: tpaine
Sure, the founders decided that the right to life, liberty and property were inalienable rights. -- And all of us who support our Constitution agree with that to this day.

SO far so good.

-- However, back then, and to this day, -- we have NEVER all agreed upon a 'Creator', nor did we include that in the BOR's.

Still on the money.

Thus, the only moral basis for those rights we agreed upon were those based on natural rights, not those based on any particular religion.

Now you've gone and ruined it. You crash and burn. A false staement not supported by the facts. The DOI states emphatically that those rights are granted by the Creator and thus can not be abridged by the state. No religion mentioned, just the Almighty.

Not true. -- Nothing about "inalienable rights granted by the Creator and so included that in the BOR", -- are in the Bill of Rights.

Never claimed there were and you should know by now that I know the text of the Constitution as well as you do. A dumb statement.

Our Constitution has a moral basis unrelated to ~your~ religious concepts, walsh. Live with that fact.

Thats your opinion and one not supported by the facts Paine. The overwhelming majority of the signaturees were Christians who were informed by their Christianity. And if that causes you angst, so be it.

Your silly wordplay ploy laid an egg walsh. You brought up 'shaking' your head full of rocks.

I hate to LOL at my own word games Paine but I thought that was pretty funny. Lighten up.

548 posted on 07/12/2004 7:27:58 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07
They [the founders] decided that the right to life, liberty and property were inalienable rights granted by the Creator and so included that in the BOR.
There is not only a moral basis for those rights, the moral basis they drew it from was religious in nature.
499 jwalsh07

Sure, the founders decided that the right to life, liberty and property were inalienable rights. -- And all of us who support our Constitution agree with that to this day.
-- However, back then, and to this day, -- we have NEVER all agreed upon a 'Creator', nor did we include that in the BOR's.

Thus, the only moral basis for those rights we agreed upon were those based on natural rights, not those based on any particular religion.

Now you've gone and ruined it. You crash and burn. The DOI states emphatically that those rights are granted by the Creator

You're assuming it's ~your~ vision of a "Creator" they refer to walsh. Not true.

and thus can not be abridged by the state. No religion mentioned, just the Almighty.

Exactly. You've conceded my point.

There is nothing about "inalienable rights granted by the Creator and so included that in the BOR", as you put it, -- in the Bill of Rights.

Never claimed there were

Belied by your own words, quoted boldly just above at #499.

and you should know by now that I know the text of the Constitution as well as you do.

You are desperate, poor fella.

Our Constitution has a moral basis unrelated to ~your~ religious concepts, walsh. Live with that fact.

Thats your opinion and one not supported by the facts Paine. The overwhelming majority of the signaturees were Christians who were informed by their Christianity. And if that causes you angst, so be it.

No angst here walsh. The plain words of our Constitution & its Amendments support my view, not yours.

553 posted on 07/12/2004 8:04:46 PM PDT by tpaine (A stupid person causes losses to another while himself deriving no gain, or even incurring loss)
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To: jwalsh07
They [the founders] decided that the right to life, liberty and property were inalienable rights granted by the Creator and so included that in the BOR.
There is not only a moral basis for those rights, the moral basis they drew it from was religious in nature.
499 jwalsh07

Sure, the founders decided that the right to life, liberty and property were inalienable rights. -- And all of us who support our Constitution agree with that to this day.
-- However, back then, and to this day, -- we have NEVER all agreed upon a 'Creator', nor did we include that in the BOR's.

Thus, the only moral basis for those rights we agreed upon were those based on natural rights, not those based on any particular religion.

Now you've gone and ruined it. You crash and burn. The DOI states emphatically that those rights are granted by the Creator

You're assuming it's ~your~ vision of a "Creator" they refer to walsh. Not true.

and thus can not be abridged by the state. No religion mentioned, just the Almighty.

Exactly. You've conceded my point.

There is nothing about "inalienable rights granted by the Creator and so included that in the BOR", as you put it, -- in the Bill of Rights.

Never claimed there were

Belied by your own words, quoted boldly just above at #499.

and you should know by now that I know the text of the Constitution as well as you do.

You are desperate, poor fella.

Our Constitution has a moral basis unrelated to ~your~ religious concepts, walsh. Live with that fact.

Thats your opinion and one not supported by the facts Paine. The overwhelming majority of the signaturees were Christians who were informed by their Christianity. And if that causes you angst, so be it.

No angst here walsh. The plain words of our Constitution & its Amendments support my view, not yours.

558 posted on 07/12/2004 8:10:57 PM PDT by tpaine (A stupid person causes losses to another while himself deriving no gain, or even incurring loss)
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To: jwalsh07

I am still trying to find something I disagreed with you about on this thread. It is almost like we have previously conversed on this issue or something. LOL.


567 posted on 07/12/2004 8:49:27 PM PDT by Torie
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