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Old 05-22-2008, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Dom1 View Post
You are right, it doesn't prove it is true. But man is the one saying that men are not and can not bestow these inalienable rights.

Something endowed by the Creator should not be denied by man, you got the general premise correct.

As far as proving the Creator did so . . . . . old fallback argument. Can you prove a Creator didn't? Just as lame.

Call them something else if you want, or else change the definition of inalienable, but as long as they are called inalienable rights they aren't rights granted to us by man made laws.
It's nice words and a great sentiment, and would be nice if it were true....

But reality speaks to a different truth....as Teak noted if these rights were granted by a Supreme Creator....how come they don't universally exist? How could mere mortal men remove something granted by a supreme being?

Either the creator is NOT supreme, or there is no sentient creator.
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