[SoccerfreakAB2]

Quote by: Athena Well for me, God is nature. God is the the entire universe. God is not the law giver, but God is the law. This is most important to understanding democracy as it was concieved in Athens and understood by Cicero a Roman law maker. All of our laws are to comply with God's laws. I am arguing this so strongly, because I don't believe a God ever commanded human beings to sacrifice animals. I do not accept the bible as the authority on God, but as Protestants at one time believed, I think science in the authority on God. Ignorance and the bible lead to witch hunts, philosophy opening us to knowledge, ended the witch hunts and brought us to sanitation and many, many more scientific advancements. Those who oppose what I am saying have lost an understanding of awe and reverence. They are looking at a society that was corrupted when public education turned to teaching technology and left moral training to the church. The church created and empowers Satan, and the belief is a stumbling block to truth. Several of our forefathers were deist, and they saw nature as God's only written bible. Our Declaration of Independece speaks of the Laws of Nature. From Athens through Cicero to the founding of our democracy, the belief is in a God of reason, the God that is the Laws of Nature.

I understand but what is the difference between your position and that of an atheist? You both agree nature (=God to you) rules the universe.