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To: Greg F
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God...

You do realize that the term "Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God" is much more in line with the "Deist" terminology of the day than it was with the "Christian"...

from Deism.com :
"Deism is belief in God based on the application of our reason on the designs/laws found throughout Nature. The designs presuppose a Designer. Deism is therefore a natural religion and is not a "revealed" religion."

I would posit that from the evidence the DOI is much more influenced by Deist thinking than Christian...

355 posted on 08/22/2007 12:29:26 PM PDT by SubGeniusX ($29.95 Guarantees Your Salvation!!! Or TRIPLE Your Money Back!!!)
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To: SubGeniusX

...appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world...

More "Diesm"?

How sad for you that they make no mention of Divine Slack, yet instead appeal to Supreme Moral Judgement.

360 posted on 08/22/2007 12:41:40 PM PDT by AndyTheBear (Disastrous social experimentation is the opiate of elitist snobs.)
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To: SubGeniusX

Well, Jefferson was certainly not an orthodox Christian. That said, he probably spent more time with Christian scripture than most Christians do, given the “The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth” that he wrote. He said (paraphrasing) that the Christian code of morals was the most sublime “ever offered to man.” (Makes me ask who offered it in Jefferson’s mind if he was a Deist who believed in an impersonal God? And why did he rely on divine providence in the Declaration if he was a deist and God is impersonal?). Another founder that they say was a deist is Washington, but he was a regular church goer.


363 posted on 08/22/2007 12:57:14 PM PDT by Greg F (Duncan Hunter is the conservative in the race.)
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