11 Jul '05 23:24>
....... About Natural Law
I found an interesting and cristalclear (!) article about what we have been discussing on these forums. It connects the creation stories of Genesis, the understanding of natural law and what the Supreme Court wrote in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 112 S.Ct. 2791, 2807 [1992].)
Eve Without Adam: What Genesis Has to Tell America About Natural Law
by David F. Forte
Heritage Lecture #570
A few quotes:
"At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life." (Supreme Court)
" The exegetes tell us that the temptation to Eve and to Adam was to define for oneself what the scheme of good and evil is instead of apprehending what is objectively good for man. If I can define for myself for my own world, if I can determine what is good and evil, then for that little world of my making, I am a god."
"But the naming of good and evil, God retains to himself. Man was given reason to apprehend good and evil, but he does not, in his nature, possess the capacity for creating it."
If you want to read this excellent and indeed cristalclear article please visit:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Religion/HL570.cfm
Any comments or thoughts (after reading the article, please) ?
I found an interesting and cristalclear (!) article about what we have been discussing on these forums. It connects the creation stories of Genesis, the understanding of natural law and what the Supreme Court wrote in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 112 S.Ct. 2791, 2807 [1992].)
Eve Without Adam: What Genesis Has to Tell America About Natural Law
by David F. Forte
Heritage Lecture #570
A few quotes:
"At the heart of liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life." (Supreme Court)
" The exegetes tell us that the temptation to Eve and to Adam was to define for oneself what the scheme of good and evil is instead of apprehending what is objectively good for man. If I can define for myself for my own world, if I can determine what is good and evil, then for that little world of my making, I am a god."
"But the naming of good and evil, God retains to himself. Man was given reason to apprehend good and evil, but he does not, in his nature, possess the capacity for creating it."
If you want to read this excellent and indeed cristalclear article please visit:
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Religion/HL570.cfm
Any comments or thoughts (after reading the article, please) ?