El mito del estado de naturaleza con sus derechos, anteriores al Estado, presenta al hombre como naturalmente no sujeto a ninguna autoridad, tampoco humana. Lo cual es contrario al mensaje cristiano:

But once again, what the Pope has to grapple with in this respect is not only decades of neglect ad intra, where the theme of natural law was detached from the fun­damental principles of theology, but also the history ad extra, where natural law and natural rights betokened that ground of liberty in which men find themselves under no mundane authority. This secular myth, which was developed as a counter to Genesis, is contrary to the most fundamental principles of Christian theology

Natural Law and Catholic Moral Theology, p. 25