RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Is science a religion?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 4 May 2004, Spurling, Shannon wrote:

> One other thing to note. The basic human rights given in the
> constitution are based on the idea that God gives these rights to
> people, not the king or government.

It says that in the US Constitution?  I remember "they are endowed by
their Creator with certain unalienable Rights," but that is from the
Declaration of Independence.


> As such, those rights can not be revoked by man. The humanization of
> government is actually the biggest threat to human rights. If there is
> no higher authority that has given men the rights of life and liberty,
> why can't another man revoke those rights? Whether you agree with that
> or not, it's interesting to contemplate.

There are two problems: (1) some people don't believe in God and therefore
feel free to ignore God's will and (2) some people believe that God has
different wishes for humanity than those claimed by our Founding Fathers.

A third issue to consider:  Many people, like me, do not believe that
human rights are God-given, but we would still fight to defend them -- the
very same rights that some believe emanate from God.  In other words, God
is not a necessary part of this picture.

Mike
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