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To: gao seng who wrote (25643)9/1/2001 11:27:11 AM
From: Constant Reader  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 82486
 
Throughout the long course of history, in almost every corner of the earth, theist societies have regularly harassed, enslaved, and liquidated individuals without regard for any inalienable rights and confiscated personal property (where allowed to exist at all) at whim. They still do.



To: gao seng who wrote (25643)9/1/2001 11:58:34 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
I fail to see how this school of thought can produce a democracy in which individual rights supercede those of society.


Just because it doesn't come naturally to you doesn't mean it's not possible. Not being a theist is no more reason for me to take someone's property than it is a reason to put mustard on a hamburger or read Agatha Christie mysteries. You're trying too hard to force a dichotomy.

Karen


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