Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: kwilson@urbana.mcd.mot.com (Kent Wilson) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Christianity and Law Message-ID: Date: 18 Mar 91 16:27:21 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Motorola MCD, Urbana Design Center Lines: 18 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [A couple of people have mentioned the concept of "inalienable" rights, This posting had enough levels of widgets that I couldn't be sure who said what, but there was an issue of whether the cnocept is a Christian one, or came through John Locke's secularization of Christian ideas. --clh] Throwing my two cents worth in... The Universtiy of Houston did a study to try and determine what sources our founding fathers drew upon in the course of establishing our country. They found that the Bible was used as basis for ideals, sixteen times more than any other set of books, papers, works, etc.. Kent ===============================================================================