"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creat

Question

Thanks for the quote by "someone who cares"

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"

Question: Are these held as inalienable rights by the U.S. government today?

Answer 1

What does this question really have to do with Religion or Spirituality?

Answer 2

Are you really so unaware of the rest of the world that you don't know how good you have it in this country? Would you rather have Fascism, hard core Communism, or Nazis running our country. Think about the LIFE that your able to control and decide for yourself what's best for you and your family. Not hard core Communism taking everything that you earn and splitting it up between the rest of the people giving most of it to the government. Think about the LIBERTY that you enjoy, being able to come and go as you please and owning your own property if you wish. Not being forced to work the Fascist leaders property for his sole gain and having that be your whole life. Think about the HAPPINESS that you are blessed to be able to pursue, and that you probably are able to eat something DIFFERENT everyday and be full when you go to bed. You don't have to fear someone coming into your house, raping your women then separating your whole family and taking them to concentration camps to be put to work naked in the dead of winter.
We surely better hope that our government still hold these truths to be self-evident.
It's true that the rich are never satisfied! Vehement_, Think about what you're saying!!!!

Answer 3

They are held in theory. Yet the intellectual foundations of this belief (a cross betwen Enlightenment Deism and Protestant Christianity) are no longer held. So appeal to virtue ethics, innate rights and dignity are shifting into pragmatist ethics without regards to truth or foundations.

Answer 4

This lie has been used to let the blacks think that they are equal. But yes the liberal government has tried to cram this lie down our throats for many years. Has it helped?
NO one is created equal,, you just have to do with what you were given.
Example= dumb down the class to the dumbest person so the whole class is equal.
This has been the liberal way for years,,now look at the country. worked well didn't it.

Answer 5

All men and women are NOT created equal

Answer 6

Read carefully that passage...especially the part "they are endowed by their Creator "

Answer 7

ooh you ask a very good question and the answer is no simply because we still have the one nation under god in our pledge of allegiance and in god we trust and these religious symbols on our currency too bad you weren't around when i asked the question one nation under god or one nation indivisible anywya it's in my profile but it's resolved but you could still check it out if you want to

Answer 8

Today? No. Perhaps after the elections.

Answer 9

If the government cared a whit about the CREATOR, we would not have the death penalty (Life), we would retain Habeas Corpus (Liberty), and we would be allowed to smoke weed (Happiness).

Answer 10

Yes, definitely.