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To: greenspirit who wrote (74589)	2/18/2000 11:18:00 PM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 108807

We don't really disagree, but what you view as a natural law I view as a tool humans have discovered to advance their ascent above natural law. The revolutionary notion, for example, that trust, trustworthiness, honesty, integrity, courage and fairness ought to be practiced in dealings with those outside our own social, ethnic, economic, or national grouping is an idea which has only become popular in the last century, and is still not widely practiced. Still, it represents a major step in our collective transcendence of natural law.

To: greenspirit who wrote (74589)	2/19/2000 1:30:00 AM
From: Dayuhan	Respond to of 108807

The six major world religions all teach the same basic core beliefs. "You reap what you sow". "Actions are more important than words." and so forth. That's because all six, and countless minor ones, are responses to the age-old problem of how to get people to behave, especially when they think that they can get away with something. Conjuring up an all-seeing power who will consign offenders to the flame or reincarnate them as slugs is a fairly obvious technique. It is worth noting that religions have shown no hesitation to consign these principles to the flame the moment they are no longer expedient.