Comments on: Another look at “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God” http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/06/another-look-at-the-laws-of-nature-and-of-natures-god/ The Love of Freedom Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:06:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Scott http://www.amorian.org/2009/12/06/another-look-at-the-laws-of-nature-and-of-natures-god/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 Scott Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:58:41 +0000 http://www.amorian.org/?p=2064#comment-1282 Articles I need to look into: http://www.prca-tucson.org/documents/Articles/Abrams/Laws%20of%20Nature%20and%20God.pdf It has this text: "2. The revealed or divine laws of the Scriptures. In this statement he points out that the revealed laws as found in the Bible are really a part of the laws of nature. "This law of nature, dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. No human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this. The revealed or divine law found only in the Holy Scriptures are found upon comparison to be really part of the original law of nature." It seems astounding that these words come from the premier law book of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. In Blackstone's law book, when the human law was cited, it also cited the Biblical reference upon which that law was built." The author makes other statements that throw a lot of doubt on his credibility, but Blackstone might be a clue. American Heritage has an interesting article that I should dig into: http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1963/6/1963_6_4.shtml It doesn't mention the phrase "Nature's God" but it does discuss some of Jefferson's religious philosophy. Sullivan County has something interesting to say: http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/jefferson_deist.htm Sullivan County points to Blackstone also as the origin of the phrase. http://vftonline.org/Patriarchy/definitions/nature.htm Blackstone considered the Laws of Nature's God to be divine law. Jefferson compared the teachings of Jesus to the teachings of Socrates. He believed that the written Bible was a flawed document; that the original Jesus was a rabbi or guru and that the stories of miracles were great exaggerations. Where Blackstone says "The doctrines thus delivered we call the revealed or divine law, and they are to be found only in the holy scriptures" Jefferson did not believe in the divinity of scripture. He found only a sublime philosophy in the pages of the Bible. Another interesting article: http://www.freedomformula.us/articles/gods-law-the-foundation-of-free-government/ More reading for another day: http://www.laissez-fairerepublic.com/blackstone.htm Articles I need to look into:
http://www.prca-tucson.org/documents/Articles/Abrams/Laws%20of%20Nature%20and%20God.pdf
It has this text:
“2. The revealed or divine laws of the Scriptures. In this statement he points out that the revealed laws as found in the Bible are really a part of the laws of nature. “This law of nature, dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. No human laws are of any validity, if contrary to this. The revealed or divine law found only in the Holy Scriptures are found upon comparison to be really part of the original law of nature.” It seems astounding that these words come from the premier law book of the 18th, 19th and early 20th
centuries. In Blackstone’s law book, when the human law was cited, it also cited the Biblical reference upon which that law was built.”
The author makes other statements that throw a lot of doubt on his credibility, but Blackstone might be a clue.

American Heritage has an interesting article that I should dig into:
http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1963/6/1963_6_4.shtml
It doesn’t mention the phrase “Nature’s God” but it does discuss some of Jefferson’s religious philosophy.

Sullivan County has something interesting to say:
http://www.sullivan-county.com/id3/jefferson_deist.htm
Sullivan County points to Blackstone also as the origin of the phrase.

http://vftonline.org/Patriarchy/definitions/nature.htm

Blackstone considered the Laws of Nature’s God to be divine law. Jefferson compared the teachings of Jesus to the teachings of Socrates. He believed that the written Bible was a flawed document; that the original Jesus was a rabbi or guru and that the stories of miracles were great exaggerations. Where Blackstone says “The doctrines thus delivered we call the revealed or divine law, and they are to be found only in the holy scriptures” Jefferson did not believe in the divinity of scripture. He found only a sublime philosophy in the pages of the Bible.

Another interesting article:
http://www.freedomformula.us/articles/gods-law-the-foundation-of-free-government/

More reading for another day:
http://www.laissez-fairerepublic.com/blackstone.htm

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