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|    dart200 to Wilson    |
|    Re: The Three-Body Fortune:    |
|    13 Feb 26 09:57:20    |
      XPost: alt.messianic       From: user7160@newsgrouper.org.invalid              On 2/13/26 9:14 AM, Wilson wrote:       > On 2/13/2026 12:53 AM, dart200 wrote:       >> On 2/12/26 9:15 AM, Wilson wrote:       >>> On 2/12/2026 9:29 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:       >>>>       >>>> What I mean is that governments can grant that they will not impose       >>>> certain situations on you, which they still might.       >>>>       >>>> But as far as the universe is concerned. You have no rights. There       >>>> is no natural law to base social structures on.       >>>>       >>>> It there were natural laws that are inherent, universal, and       >>>> inalienable, derived from human nature and reason rather than granted       >>>> by governments, to be inalienable natural laws, there would be no way       >>>> to not receive them. Nobody would die, everybody would have liberty,       >>>> and loving spouses. The truth is you have no right to such things,       >>>> and far too many around the world don't have them.       >>>>       >>>> To be natural laws that are inherent, universal, and inalienable, they       >>>> would have to apply to everybody in the world, not only americans. And       >>>> when suffering people come to america seeking a place where they can       >>>> have such things, we could not send them back where they came from.       >>>       >>> That is a deliberate misstatement of what natural law is all about.       >>>       >>> Which is: There are certain principles that work better than others.       >>> When human law and society aligns with those principles, the systems       >>> created within that structure perform better, allowing greater human       >>> flourishing.       >>       >> what worked last century, may not work this century, and will not work       >> next century       >>       >> > the "law" can change when as technology unfolds       >> >       >> > #god       >>       >       > That's not how universal principles work.       >       > Things like:       > - Don't steal               > property *is* theft        >        > #god              > - Don't initiate harm to or murder other people       > - Don't deliberately speak untruth       > - Take responsibility for your actions       > - Don't envy or promote resentment for what others have              --       hi, why are we god? let's end war 🙃              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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