--- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, Valentine Michael Smith
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> What if I create a church that makes
> all drug use a sacrament?
>
The Drug Law we have in the U.S. right now is NOT Religion enacted
into Law. Obviously you CAN invent a religion that makes, say,
reckless driving a Sin; but the Law we have has nothing to do with
Religion - Religion is NOT the reason the Law was Enacted.
>
> Malum prohibitum is religious law.
> Any way you slice it.
>
No, it is merely Enacted Law, that is, something that is considered
wrong ("Malum") BECAUSE it is against The Law.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/malum%20prohibitum
"an offense prohibited by statute but not inherently evil or wrong"
(e.g. Drug Handling)
>
> And murder is malum pro se.
>
Weird. Google has TWO count 'em TWO hits on "malum pro se", and
16,600 on "malum in se". As I wrote it.
