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To: johnb838

That last paragraph was only somewhat relevant to what you said before. I was saying that you weren't making any sense about the declaration of independence. Try putting a leash on a cat and see how he reacts. Love for freedom is inborn. God doesn't need you to believe in him in order for you to take your next breath. Some people describe their will to breathe as coming straight from God's purpose in their lives; some people aren't even interested in talking about that. Either way, they breathe. What the declaration of independence says about God helps convey the point that human dignity and the human desire for freedom come from that which is beyond us, somewhere inexplicable, something sacred. Some people believe that is the Trinity. Some people who signed that document were not the least bit concerned with naming God. Whether you'd vote for one of them is irrelevant.


75 posted on 06/10/2004 5:00:54 AM PDT by risk
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To: risk
What the declaration of independence says about God helps convey the point that human dignity and the human desire for freedom come from that which is beyond us, somewhere inexplicable, something sacred.
Exactly. It speaks to man's natural state of freedom, which came before society, government, and the unnatural burden which they create.
84 posted on 06/10/2004 5:10:31 AM PDT by counterpunch (<-CLICK HERE for my CARTOONS)
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