INFERENCES FROM NATURAL LAW
Right and wrong, good and evil, fair and unfair, are intuitive in mankind.
Such intuitions are known as natural law. "Natural law" in that it was derived from some divinity, intuitively, anciently.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" , "the golden rule," is a reasonable restatement of a natural law; one which everyone has intuitive cognizance of by reason of life.
"You" are the epicenter of "natural law." You are its mete, scale, plumb line--you; for you are an extension of the Creator, the Sustainer, Maintainer, of all else that is or ever was.
Therefore, why not you? as the measure, barometer, meter, odometer of natural law? By the same token, you are not alone. You share that same divine common source, identity, with all else that lives and everyone else ever alive.
Eons, many eons, before we were born, ancestors, ancient predecessors had occasion to confront and to resolve all the differences inherent in questions of equity, morality, nobility, of mankind: one to another & group to group.
These ancient ancestors conceived of an eternal omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, God. Thereby, they having conceived, they were able to hoist, to lift up onerous spiritual burdens: right and wrong, good and evil, fair and unfair, true and false, from themselves and unto "God", Creator, Sustainer, maintainer, of the universe faithfully.
Under this ancient conception, confirmed by the earth, sun, moon, stars, everything, everyone was brought to earth.
Their ancient philosophical "laws" were derived from their projection of specific facts to the omniscience of God. "God" replied to their prayers, queries, in myriad ways, forms, that were interpreted by ancient sages an "truth."
Indeed weighty philosophical questions from facts were sublimated intuitively into the exalted purview of divinity. Then, the judgments that were received from God by scribes, priests,sages were codified over time/space into what we know as forms of divine religion, common law;, or equity and common law, divided now into two what was but one.
Common law in America, simply to clarify, is based on feudal law of England, in which the "Lord" of the manor, the feudal estate, derived directly from the raw power of "divine" kings to rule over church, state, women, men. It was a corpus of self-serving, man-made laws predicated on oppression and power. That was the common law of England on which American law is based. Here it sank lower into the denial of personality to African descendants and rights.
Ancients' imputations unto God are preserved inversely in scripture. These scriptures rebound as incumbent on man
"Philippians 2:5-11 King James Version (KJV)
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
King James Version (KJV)"
The humility of "Jesus Christ"--historical, mythical, theological, literary, all combined-- is, was, the modern hallmark, measurement, epitome of natural law. What has descended, devolved to us from ancient priests, sages, scribes is conceptualized, is apostrophized, in the similitude of Jesus, by whatever "name" Christ is known.
Wise men of ancient Africa relied upon the stars,planets, plants, animals, insects, harvests, tides and floods--natural phenomenon--from which to discern truths, continuity from nature as infrastructure, for their legal and divine inferences. So too taught Jesus from nature: birds, bees, lilies, fish, clouds, winds, rains, sunshine.
The renown of such sages yet echoes through the ages in the literature of Homer, histories of Herodotus, and Diodorus Siculus; Plato's Dialogues, and Aristotle. Also in the holy texts of all religions are they restated.
In writing these observations, I readily acknowledge the inspiration received from THE BETRAYAL OF THE NEGRO (1954, 1997) by Dr. Rayford W. Logan, chapter 6 "The Supreme Court and the Negro." He was a historian who wrote as one, who perceived and understood as a historian, before the "Brown v. Board" decision of 1954. Even so, being an attorney, also of Howard University, as was Logan; one who has practiced civil rights law in state and federal courts,anointed by both, doing so, and also having read much ancient history, literature the Bible, the Quran and other holy works, I have been blessed to draw these natural law inferences that are set forth above intuitively.
Friday, August 16, 2019
INFERENCES FROM NATURAL LAW
INFERENCES FROM NATURAL LAW
Right and wrong, good and evil, fair and unfair, are intuitive in mankind.
Such intuitions are known as natural law. "Natural law" in that it was derived from some divinity, intuitively, anciently.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" , "the golden rule," is a reasonable restatement of a natural law; one which everyone has intuitive cognizance of by reason of life.
"You" are the epicenter of "natural law." You are its mete, scale, plumb line--you; for you are an extension of the Creator, the Sustainer, Maintainer, of all else that is or ever was.
Therefore, why not you? as the measure, barometer, meter, odometer of natural law? By the same token, you are not alone. You share that same divine common source, identity, with all else that lives and everyone else ever alive.
Eons, many eons, before we were born, ancestors, ancient predecessors had occasion to confront and to resolve all the differences inherent in questions of equity, morality, nobility, of mankind: one to another & group to group.
These ancient ancestors conceived of an eternal omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, God. Thereby, they having conceived, they were able to hoist, to lift up onerous spiritual burdens: right and wrong, good and evil, fair and unfair, true and false, from themselves and unto "God", Creator, Sustainer, maintainer, of the universe faithfully.
Under this ancient conception, confirmed by the earth, sun, moon, stars, everything, everyone was brought to earth.
Their ancient philosophical "laws" were derived from their projection of specific facts to the omniscience of God. "God" replied to their prayers, queries, in myriad ways, forms, that were interpreted by ancient sages an "truth."
Indeed weighty philosophical questions from facts were sublimated intuitively into the exalted purview of divinity. Then, the judgments that were received from God by scribes, priests,sages were codified over time/space into what we know as forms of divine religion, common law;, or equity and common law, divided now into two what was but one.
Common law in America, simply to clarify, is based on feudal law of England, in which the "Lord" of the manor, the feudal estate, derived directly from the raw power of "divine" kings to rule over church, state, women, men. It was a corpus of self-serving, man-made laws predicated on oppression and power. That was the common law of England on which American law is based. Here it sank lower into the denial of personality to African descendants and rights.
Ancients' imputations unto God are preserved inversely in scripture. These scriptures rebound as incumbent on man
"Philippians 2:5-11 King James Version (KJV)
5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:
7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
King James Version (KJV)"
The humility of "Jesus Christ"--historical, mythical, theological, literary, all combined-- is, was, the modern hallmark, measurement, epitome of natural law. What has descended, devolved to us from ancient priests, sages, scribes is conceptualized, is apostrophized, in the similitude of Jesus, by whatever "name" Christ is known.
Wise men of ancient Africa relied upon the stars,planets, plants, animals, insects, harvests, tides and floods--natural phenomenon--from which to discern truths, continuity from nature as infrastructure, for their legal and divine inferences. So too taught Jesus from nature: birds, bees, lilies, fish, clouds, winds, rains, sunshine.
The renown of such sages yet echoes through the ages in the literature of Homer, histories of Herodotus, and Diodorus Siculus; Plato's Dialogues, and Aristotle. Also in the holy texts of all religions are they restated.
In writing these observations, I readily acknowledge the inspiration received from THE BETRAYAL OF THE NEGRO (1954, 1997) by Dr. Rayford W. Logan, chapter 6 "The Supreme Court and the Negro." He was a historian who wrote as one, who perceived and understood as a historian, before the "Brown v. Board" decision of 1954. Even so, being an attorney, also of Howard University, as was Logan; one who has practiced civil rights law in state and federal courts,anointed by both, doing so, and also having read much ancient history, literature the Bible, the Quran and other holy works, I have been blessed to draw these natural law inferences that are set forth above intuitively.