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2007-10-06 14:50:00 · 11 answers · asked by Third P 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
No. Our supposed understanding of what god wants is the basis of all ancient laws, and those have been made secular through the ages. Since the late 5th/early 6th century, when Boethius said, "In so far as is possible join faith to reason," the basis of Christian belief has changed completely, from absolute faith in miracles, to absolute faith that reason can justify and explain faith. Reason is the reason we are so unbelieving when someone claims a miracle has happened, especially if it is that god spoke to him. But since god is a noumenon of which we can know nothing except by strict faith, he can't be the law of Man. We don't know him. We only know Man, his values, his foibles, his virtues, his vices, and the crimes he is capable of. So we write laws based on that and hope we get it right as god would have it. Even the strict secularity of American laws have as their basis (sometimes) a Senator's or a Congressman's idea of what god wants, but he must craft the language to be universal to all men no matter their faith or lack of it. That is why any law that seems to have an explicit link to Christianity for its own sake is unConstitutional.
2007-10-06 16:38:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No. Man is man's law, God's ways are higher. God is the beginning and end of the law, but in between lie the mind, heart, and soul of Man. If a man does not love his fellow whom he sees, how can he possible love God, Whom he does not see? And if it is impossible to love one's self, what is there to give as love to another? So it follows that the Law given by God to Man is Man, and so it says. "See I set before you this day Life and death, therefore choose Life."
2007-10-07 00:23:29 · answer #2 · answered by Fr. Al 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is mans relation to himself in total existence for that he becomes able to have notion for it.. Objective God is the conscious admitting to imperfect knowledge. Subjective God is a moral God.
The Will is positive, the Judgment is negative.
2007-10-06 23:49:23 · answer #3 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some of our laws are and some of them aren't. I believe our laws are fashioned after the Ten Commandments, but there are many laws on the books that are outside the will of God, such as the legalization of abortion.
However, they should all be God's laws. Makes for much less chaos.
2007-10-06 21:59:02 · answer #4 · answered by Evan S 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
All laws that we have today came from the 10 Commandments. They are the basis for how we govern ourselves by todays laws. Make no mistake about it.
2007-10-07 14:18:32 · answer #5 · answered by woodster 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. God is the creation of society.
Is part of the laws of the humans.
2007-10-06 22:11:31 · answer #6 · answered by Lost. at. Sea. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no he is the architect the guy that did the plans
we are the builders but somehow we seem to have lost the drawings
2007-10-07 16:15:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a sense, "yes" when you fully understand the "fullness" of, you too, would be able to see and agree also... bye!
2007-10-07 10:48:22 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. "Diamond" 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not quite sure what you're getting at, but no - gods are characters from religious mythology. That's about all.
2007-10-06 21:53:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
this is just too vague... not clear...
2007-10-06 21:58:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋