[gcruse]

If you are a Christian or Jew you are not "free" to do with yourself or your person as you choose. This was answered in the first book of the Old Testament which resolved the issue of the inherant social contract with a few choice words: "Am I my brother's keeper?"

Wow.  A theological justification for the total
suspension of individual liberty.  I'd be interested
to see how other religionists feel about that, but
it's too dark pit to lower myself into.  Good
luck to you.

[gaspar]

Only a complete dunce would see the quote as the "total suspension of individual liberty", as you put it. Rather, it is a primordial understanding that there is a social contract that exists between people, and that contract is based on morality not coercion. Thus, I am no more free to do as I will with my person or my property than you are, or that anyone has been since time began.

[gaspar]

Only a complete dunce would see the quote as the "total suspension of individual liberty", as you put it. Rather, it is a primordial understanding that there is a social contract that exists between people, and that contract is based on morality not coercion. Thus, I am no more free to do as I will with my person or my property than you are, or that anyone has been since time began.