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To: tpaine
[.. Every person has dignity; every person has unalienable rights. / Is someone arguing otherwise? ..]

There are NO unalienable rights without a God to grant them.. Actually there are not even any rights at all.. All a government can grant are privileges.. Which of course are infinitely alienable.. and are alienated at every opportunity..

Some don't even know the difference between rights and privileges.. And UNalienable rights are beyond them to understand..

507 posted on 06/26/2007 6:48:55 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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To: hosepipe
There are NO unalienable rights without a God to grant them..

Why would that matter? Without a God, who would there be to grant them to?

508 posted on 06/26/2007 6:54:44 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: betty boop; hosepipe
Betty wrote:

Every person has dignity; every person has unalienable rights.
This is so because we are all desired sons (and daughters) of God, and He gives us what we need to be fully human....

Is someone arguing otherwise?
You're free to believe your God gives you - whatever. - I hope you can agree I'm fully human even though I do not believe that anything is 'given' by a God/Creator.

Hosepipe:
There are NO unalienable rights without a God to grant them.. Actually there are not even any rights at all..

Well, I think the Framers, even the religious ones, - would have called you a Tory [or worse] for that rather odd view.

All a government can grant are privileges.. Which of course are infinitely alienable.. and are alienated at every opportunity..

"Infinitely alienable" is hyperbole.. [lots of that on this thread]

Governments under our State/Fed Constitutions can not be empowered to 'grant rights'. [See the 9th] - As to privileges and immunities, read the 14th. Due process must be followed if someone is to be deprived of life, liberty, or property.

Some don't even know the difference between rights and privileges.. And UNalienable rights are beyond them to understand..

Speak for yourself Hose. Your first line above doesn't inspire much confidence in 'understanding'.

518 posted on 06/26/2007 7:57:50 PM PDT by tpaine (" My most important function on the Supreme Court is to tell the majority to take a walk." -Scalia)
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