“Created equal” means that they are all endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights.
Created equal is a truism and a falsism...equally.
Exactly..each of us was born and should have an equal opportunity to live, do well and then die happy. But life’s gifts of ability do not factor equally in the effort of living.
I have a very high IQ and while I did very well in college and graduate school in my areas of specialty and many others, I learned long ago it did not mean s..t when it came to how well I could console a person, address anybody’s or my spirituality, my ability to draw and paint freehand or make original music...and the list just goes on and on.
Whoever is contemplating “ability” really needs to know there are many areas and times, distinctly different from each other where, where a person may be brilliant or a dullard. It is up to us as individuals to “grow” or not.
And, I think, those areas and times may show up as one gets older and older.
Our constant evolution as a learning and understanding human are absolutely never ending. It is part of the joy of being human regardless of our skin color, geographic area where were born, or our parentage.
Yeah, a lot of people seem to think that phrase means every person is created equal to every other person in every facet. Which is ridiculous. If that was true, we would all be the same height, same build, same IQ, and have the exact same skills and abilities. I certainly wasn't created equal to Einstein in intellect or to Michael Jordan in basketball skill or to Brad Pitt in looks.
“Created equal” means that they are all endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights.”
I would have preferred leaving the lie “created equal” out of it.
Simply say all men are endowed by god with certain inaliable attributes such as life, liberty and the desire to pursue their happiness. I wouldn’t even use the word “right” which has no easily understood meaning.
“Created equal” is obviously not true and it sets up expectation impossible to fulfill and inevitably leads to all the egalitarian crap that we’re seeing shoved down our throat today.