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To: TigerPaw who wrote (208800)10/26/2004 10:06:19 PM
From: brushwud  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574583
 
I see nothing in conflict between those words and the deist concept that the creator is a process and not a being.

Fair enough. But are you advocating a form of religion different from, say, Episcopalianism? If some government seal depicts a globe, should that be excised because to some it symbolizes Gaia? Or should we accept that it makes a sort of statement recalling our collective history?



To: TigerPaw who wrote (208800)10/26/2004 10:08:14 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1574583
 
TP, you're arguing semantics. Creator, God, Gaia, Kahless, whatever.

Why would Jefferson even mention a "Creator" in the first place? Think about who created the king of England's "divine right to rule," and why Jefferson needed to refer to a higher authority. True, he was trying to gain support, but does that make his religious convictions any less certain?

Tenchusatsu


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