This was a fascinating read.
The Troubling Implications of Believing Our Rights Don't Come from God
(Matt K. Lewis)
Think about this folks:
Set aside religion and consider this: If our fundamental rights are merely granted by the state, then they can be taken away by the state. What is more, the state would have no moral compunction not to rob us of our rights. The state is not particularly moral or special or better than people. The state is people. If they don't have some larger, higher moral code that guides them, then assumptions about what constitutes the "good" are, at least to some degree, arbitrary. Absent an immutable standard, why wouldn't the law of the jungle rule? In nature, predators prey on the weak. Can we honestly convince ourselves that people are better than that? Some are, sure. But many are not.
One line again:
If our fundamental rights are merely granted by the state, then they can be taken away by the state.
You comprehend that folks?
More and more, we are letting the government set boundaries and dictate what is right, what is wrong, what is allowed, what is not allowed.
And as we "the people" let that happen, our nation slides away from freedom, away from democracy into something much more restrictive.
Wake up America.
Out for now.....
Matt