This is complete, unadulterated, utter BS. My life is my own. It belongs to no potentate, king, priest, government, or invisible man in the sky.
It is mine, and mine alone. As long as I do no direct harm to another person, unless in defense of my own life or property, no one has the right to tell me how to live or when or how to die.
The author of this piece is a weak minded fraud worthy only of ridicule by free human beings.
Period.
Yes, I can see where an atheist is completely at odds with the concept of God-given rights.
The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and attributes of God.
-- John AdamsOur Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
-- John Adams
You see, once the atheist rejects the fundamental belief that our rights come from God, he is left with only two choices:
1. That our rights come from government, which means that the government can also take them away. This eliminates freedom.
or
2. That each person creates their own rights and can decide at any moment that his rights supersede the rights of everyone else. This creates anarchy.
It is mine, and mine alone.
If your life is yours alone, WHO gave it to you? Did you somehow create yourself?
The author of this piece is a weak minded fraud worthy only of ridicule by free human beings.
Given the choice between a Christian who believes in the fundamental right to life and the atheist belief that each person decides their own rights, I will always choose the former.
Libertarian beliefs NEVER create freedom, they can only end in tyranny or anarchy.