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God gives us our rights. WHERE DID GOD PUBLISH THESE RIGHTS? You've been subjected to too much John Locke.
He didn’t have to publish them. As Jefferson said, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”. JEFFERSON WAS A HUMAN BEING who never claimed to have met god and was given these things directly/or indirectly from god. Sounds very poetic...but no more potent than that. He too read John Locke. In other words, Jefferson wasn't Moses. He didn't go up on a mountain and come back down with the Declaration of Independence after having a chat with god.
Ask Lennin, Marx or Obama. They’ve all laid-out their plans on how to do that very thing. NONSENSE
Point of fact, the Declaration establishes this country and does so based on the reasoning that we all have “certain unalienable rights”. NONSENSE The D.I. put King George on notice that the people in the colonies would no longer be subjected to his rule and abuse...and outlined his discretions very plainly.
Yea, I noticed.
Our Founding Fathers didn’t seem to have any trouble understanding who the Creator was. Why do you? Myths, superstitions, and ancient imaginary gods have been around a long time...so what? I don't subscribe to such.
And yet the reason they were placed there was to protect the individual from his government. As such, you may wish to re-think that whole “but I won't go as far to say that they are inalienable” position.
Well, as an atheist...you might well suspect that I'm going to respond with: Your beliefs are just that, YOUR BELIEFS. In relationship to the history of our government and laws of the land, which have been created by our governments....you're way off the grid with your claims.
OH...and how does an atheist strip away these god given rights that you claim exists