Well...not according to the Dec of Independence....we didn't give anything to ourselves......these rights are inalienable, they can't be separated from us, and they were endowed in us by our Creator.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:45 PM, GMoney wrote: > > > I still hold that we can have inalienable rights, even without a sentient > > Creator. That we have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of > > happiness...simply because we exist...regardless of who or how we were > > created. > > > Right - we have these rights because we decided to give them to ourselves. > Not because a dude heard them coming from a talking shrubery that's on > fire. > > To my knowledge the idea of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of > happiness" was conceived of by man, not god. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:362390 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
