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So the answer to your question "What is Nature's God?" would be answered differently by people in each of those different denominations. Catholics think it's the Catholic God, Deists think it's the Deist God. Saying "Nature's God" is general enough to allow agreement.
The key point is the belief that human beings have a "separate and equal station" according to these God-created laws. That our rights and responsibilities are a part of nature every bit as much as gravity and the speed of light. This is in contrast to some older systems, which held that people's rights and privileges are given by the king or other temporal ruler. So the references to nature here mean that it is in our natures to have these rights -- the rights don't come at the whim of another, more powerful person.
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"Nature's God" to me sounds like an open question such as: not the catholic church (like Argentina), etc. But in American goverment, there's a bit of a problem. For instance, "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance makes it sound like there's one, or you are subservient to, or literally under. I don't know how you could pledge if you don't know which or what you are pledging to nor do the elected know.
I still don't know what "separate and equal station" actually means but it sounds like a battle position?
So the answer to your question "What is Nature's God?" would be answered differently by people in each of those different denominations. Catholics think it's the Catholic God, Deists think it's the Deist God. Saying "Nature's God" is general enough to allow agreement.
The key point is the belief that human beings have a "separate and equal station" according to these God-created laws. That our rights and responsibilities are a part of nature every bit as much as gravity and the speed of light. This is in contrast to some older systems, which held that people's rights and privileges are given by the king or other temporal ruler. So the references to nature here mean that it is in our natures to have these rights -- the rights don't come at the whim of another, more powerful person.
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"Nature's God" to me sounds like an open question such as: not the catholic church (like Argentina), etc. But in American goverment, there's a bit of a problem. For instance, "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance makes it sound like there's one, or you are subservient to, or literally under. I don't know how you could pledge if you don't know which or what you are pledging to nor do the elected know.
I still don't know what "separate and equal station" actually means but it sounds like a battle position?
