I read the bible as a collection of ancient documents, that deserve to be treated and understood from a perspective their own probable time and place. This includes a sensitivity to what an author might have been trying to convey to a likely audience of that same time and place. I think we do well
The previous post had to do with how I treat the bible. Not that I could do it much harm or good, or that it needs me. It’ll stand just fine on its own, regardless what I do with it. Of more importance to my readers, impacting my trustworthiness, is, despite all my frailties and
So, in looking to develop a theory of natural rights as they might apply to humans, it seems we would want rights that apply to all humans. And it seems that in order for them to apply to all humans they would be universal, as mainly another way of saying they apply to all. And
