On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:53:38 -0700 (PDT), Tom
<thomaskolter_keen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I would like to start a fundamental issue discussion on this question:
>Is there a point where we no longer have a moral duty to the Federal
>and to a lesser extent the State governments as a citizen of the
>United States?
Hell, I'd think that would be a simplistic question
Read the declaration of Independence and see which, if
any, enumerated grievance(s) are now not addressed and
systematically taken care of by a rule of law.
Then specify which one and ask THAT question.
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"When Moses told the children of Israel that he
received the two tables of the commandments from the
hands of God, they were not obliged to believe him,
because they had no other authority for it that his
telling them so."
"The "commandments" carry no internal evidence of
divinity within them; they carry some good moral
precepts, such as any man qualified to be a law-giver,
or a legislator, could produce himself, without having
to recourse to supernatural intervention"
Thomas Paine,--------- Founder
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