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To: Hugin
I have a question for those who believe that the atheistic worship of the state is to be recommended over an appreciation of a "higher" or "natural" law as the foundation for the rights that government ought to secure for the common good.

Another false premise here is that atheism precludes belief in natural law.

62 posted on 12/01/2001 12:29:16 PM PST by Doctor Doom
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To: Doctor Doom
Another false premise here is that atheism precludes belief in natural law

I like to think that the Decalogue is a fair summary of the Natural Law from a Judeo-Christian perspective, with "Do unto others ..." thrown in for good measure. Honestly I was not aware that modern atheistic thought puts much emphasis on a natural law. Can you give a thumbnail sketch of that natural law on which atheists of good will would agree, and a brief explanation of the means by which an atheist may derive a conception of natural law? This is not a rhetorical question, for it bears upon the eastblishment of a consensus of "Objective Truth" between the theist and the atheist.

116 posted on 12/01/2001 4:41:33 PM PST by Brian Kopp DPM
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