(April 24, 2015 at 9:23 am)Mezmo! Wrote: The point is that human rights come from a higher authority than personal opinions, group consensus, state mandate. If these are source of one's human rights, then they can be taken away by the same processes. You have human rights regardless of whether the government recognizes them or not.
Do you? How do you demonstrate the existence of human rights beyond their application and enforcement by government agencies? Your statement here implies that you have the means to detect them aside from their presence in our legal documents, so you go right ahead and do that.
Quote:In contrast to claims of people like Esquilax, my claims are not arguments of convenience to justify whatever opinion I have at the moment. They adhere as a somewhat complete and generally consistent whole.
Sorry, but something cannot be complete and consistent, while still holding as many arbitrary lines as your position does. Leaving aside the fact that your position is entirely unjustified and relies entirely on assertions of spirituality that you cannot hope to even begin to prove, you still make claims about the natural order while ignoring those parts of the natural order that conflict with what you want to be true. Your position is inconsistent, and to the extent that it's complete, it is, in fact, a complete load of bullshit that's actually an argument from convenience.

Quote:In fact, the recent gay marriage issue has caused me to further develop my beliefs in that area as well as others. For example, I now feel there is a compelling natural law argument against smoking apart from the health issues involved.
Because inhaling gases is so very unnatural?

Quote:Previously, I would have been less inclined to condemn various sexual practices but have come to a better understanding of how these specific types of sin undermine the Providential order.
The fact that you haven't even tried to demonstrate a "providential order" doesn't seem to bother you at all, but it's not lost on the rest of us. Like the rest of your positions, it's all talk, no substance.
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