tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585732092994259978.post7655416041547810616..comments2024-02-26T19:22:15.069-06:00Comments on Lex Christianorum: Pursuit of Happiness: Aristotle and the Declaration of IndependenceAndrew M. Greenwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242573723573203387noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585732092994259978.post-79529692067315518792015-09-18T20:16:09.647-05:002015-09-18T20:16:09.647-05:00Well now that's a rather bizarre statement. An...Well now that's a rather bizarre statement. And one wholly ignorant of our colonial history. betuadollarucanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09273213232998601518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585732092994259978.post-28247407221752685582015-09-18T20:15:55.864-05:002015-09-18T20:15:55.864-05:00Well now that's a rather bizarre statement. An...Well now that's a rather bizarre statement. And one wholly ignorant of our colonial history. betuadollarucanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09273213232998601518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8585732092994259978.post-27244448763777364892011-05-09T13:11:11.915-05:002011-05-09T13:11:11.915-05:00Thomas Jefferson responding to a letter, wrote, &q...Thomas Jefferson responding to a letter, wrote, "the introduction of the new principle of representative democracy has rendered useless almost everything written before on the structure of government; and, in a great measure, relieves our regret, if the political writings of Aristotle or of any other ancient, have been lost, or are unfaithfully rendered or explained to us." (Rahe, Paul A.)<br /><br />Sidney, Harrington, and Locke were Atheists and/or Spinozist materialists. <br /><br />America has NOTHING to do with the Laws of Nature, or the Natural Law. Nothing. America is purposely a "commercial republic" where Montesquieu states that commercialism destroys religion. How can you have "happiness" when most of the people developing America were materialists and hated religion and esp. Soul. Where religion feeds the soul, this country is divorced from religion.<br /><br />Next, the Natural Law, or Laws of Nature is that, as Aristotle said, "Man is a social animal", yet America is not built on blood, or kinsmanship but on ideology. The Natural Law is "Sense of Belonging" and "Volkenhass" which preserves Social cohesion natural to all insect and animal groups. <br /><br />It is in use of the faculty of reason and thinking, yet America with its Protestant heritage and foundation is extremely unintellectual. <br /><br />Americanism is a heresy. It is the product of the Atheist revolution called the Enlightenment. The Declaration of Independence is a Masonic document. It has nothing to do with the Laws of Nature. The "God" in the declaration is the Spinozist conception of god. Not the Christian. Locke and Jeffereson were not Trinitarians. The Trifunctional concept is a Law of Nature. Yet, they did not recognize that. Furthermore, Life is war. Life is survival. What good is it to have "happiness" when one can't defend himself from conquering neighborss.WLindsayWheelernoreply@blogger.com