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Quote by: ZNFYRH  Welcome to Volconvo.
It's hypocrisy in the idea that an Atheist believes rights to be inalienable, yet what it was that made those rights inalienable is something they don't believe in.
How can you believe your rights were endowed by the Creator if you don't believe in a Creator?
I agree. Involving God makes it seem mandated, somehow.
To answer both of you, one "out" I saw for the Atheist is that they were created by their parents, not God. As such, they are endowed the right to life by their mother when she chose to carry the baby, for example. |
I think that the fact that you have life, and are here living that life, is what gives us those rights, Often, religions, governments, or peer groups (even parents) will try to control how we live the life we got. But it is our life and not theirs and that is reflected in the "pursuit of life, liberty, and happyness". But we got life and do not have to seek it, what we seek is that right to live that natural life in a way that is liberated from those who try to make life unhappy for us. Who try to force us to "live the right life" when we believe we can live our life from out of our personal understanding and reasoning abilities. Abilities that normally manifest at some stage of maturity. A coming of age right - no more Nanny, independant and liberated.
Like in that song by the English group called the "Animals". "It's my life and I'll do (with it) what I want". That is the "right" of life. Of course we must not live that life in a way that prevents another form doing the same with their life. And that is the "tricky part" when we dwell close to one another.