None of that means that there is any Natural Law other than what men say it is. In Islamic nations they believe sharia law is “natural” law. It all sounds nice until the complexities of the modern world intervene or different religions try and impose their views on non-believers. Then the theory collapses.
I am talking about Natural Law Theory which has been defined by Aristotle, Cicero, Aquinas, and John Locke in Western Tradition. This is a fundamental theory which has been established for over 2400 years and since Cicero...has not really changed—that the nature of man is always the same —that nature is immutable....there is Objective Truth, reason and logic which define it.
Islam clashes with Western Civ because it requires no logic and no reason and denies freedom to men and esp. women. It is the antithesis of Christianity which demands freedom of thought and persons and worth for every single human being—even if not of their faith.
That is why Christianity goes hand in hand with Western Civilization....because Aquinas aligned Catholic Theology to Natural Law Theory in the 13th century unlike all other religions (except those that flow from the Apostolic Church)—he disregarded the Arab translations of Aristotle and went to the Greek source itself to align Catholic thought to that of the Father of Logic. He went to the Latin of Cicero and the genius of Aquinas is beyond refute. He stated that Truth in nature and Catholic Theology would always be one because God is the Truth and the Light. Reason and Logic could never deviate or clash with Catholicism for it to be true. That is why the Catholic church never allows abortion....never allows contraception, etc. It comes from the fundamental principles of the nature of man and that need to never compromise on the dignity and worth of man because we are made in God’s image. There is Objective Truth....that is what Postmoderns/marxists/progressives deny. It is what is so evil....they replace God with themselves to redesign man into what they (gods) want and think is “good”. All governments that are not based on Natural Law Theory....force the unnatural on the populous which according to the NL theory will result in unhappiness and evil. When people declare themselves gods, they make all others slaves. That is the evil of marxism, progressivism, islam, etc.
Arabs twisted the writings of Aristotle. The translations were inaccurate and completely changed the meaning of Aristotle’s thought. Islam is filled with ideas that take dignity and worth away from man, especially women and grant humans no free will. You can not be free under Islam which goes against the fundamental principle of Natural Law Theory and the right for each individual to own private property—esp. their own mind and body...for without private property they would have no ability to preserve themselves or their posterity, and therefore, could never be free. Freedom is what is necessary for human happiness and laws that help them coincide with natural laws—which when allowed creates contentment and meaning to life. All else is worthless.