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To: hripka
If you are just the end result of a long series of random events, what rights are you claiming? What rights CAN you claim? What makes your random event so special?

I can claim the same rights I would if there were a God. What is a right? It is the freedom to do something as long as I do not infringe upon another's life, liberty or property. Tell me how that is a product of the divine? And don't go quoting the Declaration of Independence as if it were divine Scripture. It isn't. It was written by men with the understanding of men. Rights are simply a product of reason and flow from the universal "Golden Rule."

435 posted on 10/21/2006 9:11:21 AM PDT by Junior (Losing faith in humanity one person at a time.)
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To: Junior
I can claim the same rights I would if there were a God.

Really, based on what? You're evolution from random slime?

Rights are simply a product of reason and flow from the universal "Golden Rule."

Be really careful where you are going with this.

With no belief in God, someone can come up with a few reasons to practice genocide. Can't you? Its been done before.

478 posted on 10/27/2006 8:38:36 PM PDT by hripka (There are a lot of smart people out there in FReeperLand)
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