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Do you believe in inalienable rights?

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Peelsr 5 Mar 5
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Does a newborn baby require permission to breathe?

Apparently, he/she does in America, now. The right to life is among the rights given by our Creator. For a government to legalize the denial of that right to God's creatures is for that government to cease being just, and it will not stand. It has ceded its right to exist, kinda like a murderer yields his/her right to exist. When a government, rather than securing the rights granted by the Creator, becomes a threat to them, it is only a matter of time, before its power and authority to govern will be taken away.

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"The Rights of the poor " were part of Hebrew law in the Torah...today the greatest threat to the poor is, in my opinion, Monsanto and the like... . They patent GMOs and oppress the poor...Proverbs says "there is plenty of food in the fallow land of the poor "...even if the poor wanted to do better...they couldn't. Bob

Yes, the poor have 'rights', too. We have the right to eat, for example, just as birds of the air have a right to eat. We have a right to breathe the air, too. The rich also have rights. The Law 'judges' impartially, showing neither favoritism to the poor because he is poor, nor to the rich because he is rich.

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We have to make a better distinction now between a right and a privilege and maybe even an expected privilege

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I do, but maybe we should define inalienable?

Here's my best shot... Inalienable rights can't be taken away. Individuals, groups, or governments may infringe upon or violate your rights, but the rights are still your's, even if you're never able to fully enjoy them. The only time you lose your rights is if you give them away, which you do by violating some else's rights, at which point the law may punish you because your rights are forfeit.

It's a useful idea to help us spot tyranny and injustice. Everyone has rights and they cannot be taken away... they can only be given away. And we should stand against anyone who infringes upon them.

@jnaatjes We, as creatures, created, have been endowed by our Creator with "rights". Government's role is to secure those rights. Inalienable, means incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred. Alienable means transferable to the ownership of another.

These 'rights' are from God. He has given us rights and wrongs, too. He has not given us a right to "sin", for example. Sin is the transgressing of His Law. He has not given us a right to worship other gods, for example, either. Just sayin'

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