Sunday, July 3, 2011

Human Laws and Natural Laws

You cannot sell cigarettes to persons under 18.
You must come to work at 9:00 a.m. and leave office at 6:00 p.m.
The above are laws of men. The lawgivers are men.

1 + 1 = 2.
Newton's Third Law of Motion: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
The above are laws of nature. There seems to be no lawgiver for these natural laws.

The sun is round. The moon is round. But many people in the ancient times thought that the earth is flat. Accepting a round earth is difficult for many people in those days.

All human laws have lawgivers. But accepting that natural law also has a lawgiver is also very difficult for many people these days.

Lawgiver implies Purpose and Responsibility to the Lawgiver.

No Lawgiver implies No Purpose and No Responsibility.

If natural laws has a lawgiver, then we have to ask, "Is there a higher purpose for our existence and our environment's existence? What does the lawgiver wants? What is our relationship and responsibility to this lawgiver?"

Life is easier if we have one relationship less. When nature has no purpose, we have one less relationship and one less responsibility. We love that.

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