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Originally Posted by roachboy
thanks for this, cimmaron. it actually helps me understand where you come from in your posts.
i have to say, though, that i don't know what natural law is.
how do you see it?
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It's earliest recordings are pre-Christian but Christian doctrine says it most succinctly: "Love your God, and love your neighbor as yourself." Cicero wrote about natural law around 53 BC. Jesus spoke of it when challenged in the temple. Jefferson wrote about it in his views on god. Most feel, as do I, that Jefferson believed in a creator, but was not a Christian. One can certainly follow natural law without following a religious dogma. The latter part of it, to love your neighbor, is the key for societal harmony.
If all people follow natural law, society sorts out most issues. Those issues unresolved should be placed in the hands of government. We as a people must place our government in check from the temptations of stepping in too early, because that is where liberty is lost. <- Upon rereading that, it waxed poetic, which was not the intent. I don't mean to grandstand.