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To: conserv13
but why couldn't another judge somewhere put up a Buddhist or Hindu monument in their courthouse? Why not the code of Hammurabi or something?

Can you cite any of the law which forms the basis of the tenets of any of these examples you have noted that in turn forms the basis for the establishment of the code of law in the US?

Did any of the founders of the US of A quote any of these examples upon which they based a legal position in the formation of the US of A or the drafting of the Constitution itself?

Lastly,... all of the above for any one on the 50 individual States which constitute the US of A.

We're all waiting.

125 posted on 08/28/2003 12:06:40 PM PDT by Agamemnon
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To: Agamemnon
No I can't. But not all 10 commandments apply. Having one God and not using his name in vain are not the basis of US law.

I found this on Hammurabi's code in the Catholic Encyclopedia, www.newadvent.org

Of all the ancient legislations, that of the Hebrews alone can stand comparison with the Babylonian Code. The many points of resemblance between the two, the Babylonian origin of the father of the Hebrew race, the long relations of Babylon with the land of Amurru, have prompted modern scholars to investigate whether the undeniable relation of the two codes is not one of dependence. The conclusions arrived at may be breifly stated as follows. Needless to notice that Hammiurabi is in no wise indebted to the Hebrew Law. As to the latter, its older part, the Code of the Covenant (Exod., xxi, 1- xxiii, 19), is intended for a semi-nomadic people, and therefore cannot depend on Hammurabi's enactments. Both codes derive from a common older source, to be sought in the early customs of the Semitic race, when Babylonians, Hebrews, Arabs, and others were still forming one people. The work of the Hebrew lawgiver consisted in codifying these ancient usages as he found them, and promulgating them under Yahweh's authority. The early Israelite code may, perhaps, seem imperfect in comparison with the Babylonian corpus juris, but, whilst the latter is founded upon the dictates of reason, the Hebrew Law is grounded on the faith in the one true God, and is pervaded throughout by an earnest desire to obey and please Him, which reaches its highest expression in the Law of Deuteronomy.

139 posted on 08/28/2003 12:25:40 PM PDT by conserv13
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