1. NATURAL LAW IN OUR LIVES…
Class 15, Q3—RS3
NATURAL LAW IN OUR LIVES…

2. JOURNAL QUESTION:
If you alone could make up a new law that would make our country more fair, what would it be? Why?

3. Inclination to Know the Truth
We all seek to have our biggest questions answered
Science, wisdom, knowledge help us answer these questions
Human speech is either in accord with or in opposition to God who is Truth itself.
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4. Inclination to Establish a Just Society
It describes how humans are social and are drawn to “associate with others.” We need each other to survive.
The natural sign of this is LANGUAGE: in order to survive with others we need to communicate with them
This deals with the rights each person is due by virtue of being human (UDHR)
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5. Inclination to Have a Family
This is not JUST about our sexual desires
People want to start a family
Our first experience of life is within the family
God created us in his image as sexual beings (Genesis 1:27-28).
One clear evidence of this is kids
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6. Inclination for Self-Preservation
Desire to exist and love of your health
Right to legitimate self-defense
Pushes us to thrive and develop
It “also underlies the advancement in medicine and healthcare that play an important role in our society.”
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THREATEN: torture, abortion, suicide, euthanasia