Re: What Is God?

From: John Woodgate (jmw_at_jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk)
Date: 01/20/05 

Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 21:30:38 +0000

I read in sci.electronics.design that uvcceet@juno.com wrote (in
<41f01908$3$woehfu$mr2ice@news.aros.net>) about 'What Is God?', on Thu,
20 Jan 2005:

>Oh brother.... If there is no superior being, whence commeth the basic
>rights of living? If my right to be free and live as I choose comes from
>another human, then that right can be revoked.

It doesn't come from ONE human but from the SOCIETY in which you live.
Societies that practised human sacrifice were quite willing to revoke
selectively the right to live. Societies that practised slavery,
especially galley slavery, were quite willing to revoke individual
freedom.

These days, societies revoke freedom, and life in some cases, by
'judicial process', which is just another society artefact. Courtroom
histrionics instead of trial by ordeal.

If you are imprisoned, will your god get you out?

>If I am only allowed to
>live because someone else says its okay, how long till that right is
>taken away as well.

No-one knows. You hope your kids won't pass a compulsory euthanasia law
when they are running the show.
>
>Governments exist to insure rights, not to grant them. No God... No
>rights.

Which god is this? Can you get personalised certificates of your human
rights for an appropriate fee, often called a 'tithe'? 

-- 
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only. 
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk

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