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NASB | Exodus 22:2 ¶ "If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Exodus 22:2 ¶ "If a thief is caught breaking in [after dark] and is struck [by the owner] so that he dies, there shall be no bloodguilt for him. |
Subject: Personal rights predating government |
Bible Note: Hi, Cheri... The Hammurabi Code wasn't what I was talking about. Natural law theory asserts that the judgments of good and evil are not just arbitrary judgments of convenience or of political usefulness, but are fundamentally located in the very nature of men themselves. It is what men can know about right and wrong without the assistance of revelation. This idea is supported, as Hooker asserts, by Romans 2:14. Natural law is an idea that forms the basis of the philosophy of John Locke (1632-1704); from which the Framers drew in their thinking. However, the idea goes farther back than that. I seem to recall Thomas Aquinas writing about (13th century). I'm certain it even goes back farther than that. It gets kind of complicated. I probably should have left well enough alone. Never mind. :-) In Him, Doc |