2007-10-30 18:06:26 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
itchy.sw... people who prayed gave you your 1st amendment rights. lol.
2007-10-30 18:21:56 · update #1
All right!! I meant liberal atheists!
2007-10-30 18:30:09 · update #2
Liberals that are so proud of their education, intellect, & knowledge of liberty seem not to remember the Preamble Declaration of Independance. To my knowledge this had never been written into a government document before. These ideas had come down through religious discussions at the time & Natures God is even acknowledged in the introduction.
Liberals take what they like or benefits them & throws out as being unreasonable anything they don't like. Since they are benefited by Unalienable Rights, they claim it as their own, but with PC deny it to others that don't fall into line with them! I guess using PC as an example a stronger man takes away the unalienable Rights.
2007-10-31 02:24:36 · answer #1 · answered by viablerenewables 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The unalienable rights have nothing to do with God.
The absolute rights of individuals may be resolved into the right of personal security, the right of personal liberty, and the right to acquire and enjoy property. These rights are declared to be natural, inherent, and unalienable. Atchison & N. R. Co. v. Baty, 6 Neb. 37, 40, 29 Am. Rep. 356.
By the "absolute rights" of individuals is meant those which are so in their primary and strictest sense, such as would belong to their persons merely in a state of nature, and which every man is entitled to enjoy, whether out of society or in it. The rights of personal security, of personal liberty, and private property do not depend upon the Constitution for their existence. They existed before the Constitution was made, or the government was organized. These are what are termed the "absolute rights" of individuals, which belong to them independently of all government, and which all governments which derive their power from the consent of the governed were instituted to protect. People v. Berberrich (N. Y.) 20 Barb. 224, 229; McCartee v. Orphan Asylum Soc. (N. Y.) 9 Cow. 437, 511, 513, 18 Am. Dec. 516; People v. Toynbee (N. Y.) 2 Parker, Cr. R. 329, 369, 370 (quoting 1 Bl. Comm. 123).
2007-10-31 01:10:23 · answer #2 · answered by Zardoz 7 · 4⤊ 3⤋
All liberals are not atheists. Nor does belief in inherent human rights require belief in a deity. That the declaration of independence stated "that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights" simply reflects the beliefs of the men who wrote and signed it - it is a claim, not evidence.
2007-10-31 01:12:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
I am a liberal, I am a Christian and I believe in our inalienable rights.
Furthermore, I vehemently support our Constitution, which I believe is one of the finest documents ever written.
This is why I am so furious at the way this administration has taken away constitutional rights such as our Fourth Amendment right to freedom from unreasonable search and seizure and our right to habeas corpus, among many others.
2007-10-31 01:16:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
The framers of the Constitution were avid proponents of the separation of Church and State. They were NOT trying to make America a Christian Religious State -- they had just fought a war to free themselves from a Europe had been tearing itself apart with religious and imperial wars for centuries. (What do you think the Dark Ages were? And the Spanish Inquisition was full of very pious people running the show!)
No, our Founding Fathers were trying to make America a more enlightened place. They were of The Enlightenment -- they were humanists, natural scientists, and were more properly considered Deists. They did not believe the Bible was literally true.
They specifically wrote into the Constitution that "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States"
(Imagine if Congress tried to pass that wording as an amendment today --- Bush would throw all his pet Attorney Generals at them, incite Fox News to a frenzy, and hold a press conference to say that Traitorous Liberals were trying to undermine American troops and embolden al Qaeda.)
What the Fathers believed in was RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. They were saying that your beliefs, whatever they are, are your own, and not the business of government -- It is also SEPARATE from government. Whatever your personal faith, when it comes to matters of governing all, you work for the good of all -- not just for the good of those who share your faith!
Also, in 1797 in the Treaty of Tripoli, Presidents Washington and Adams both signed off on its wording, saying explicitly that America was "in no sense founded on the Christian religion". They spelled it out -- We are not a government based on Christian religion. Period. Or do you think Washington was lying?
So our Founding Fathers are actually our best example of how we can believe in unalienable rights, without needing a Bible to tell us right from wrong.
2007-10-31 01:41:04 · answer #5 · answered by snoopy l 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
What makes you think that liberals don't believe in God... I know quite a few that believe in God. Your question is very uninformed. About 90% of the United States believe in God... we have a lot more liberals than just 10% of the nation.
You should really fdact check before you make an ignorant statement like that.
BTW, I am not a liberal. I am just tired of hearing crap like this.
Just because there are people who disagree with you about using God in our policies does not mean they are atheists or agnostics. They just disagree with you... you know, that will happen at times. It doesn't make them the devil or less Christian than you (and besides it isn't your place to judge).
ADDITIONAL INFO: there are a lot of conservatives and Republicans that don't believe in God out there... you make this a black and white issue and it is not... I have a uncle (and his entire family) who is an atheist but he strongly supports Bush and almost all of the Republican ideals.
Not EVERYTHING is liberal evil conservative good... I am consservative and I believe in God but I sure as hell don't want God in my government. It isn't necessary for Him to be there and I will fight anyone like you if you want God in our policy making.
2007-10-31 01:28:06 · answer #6 · answered by cattledog 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
God didn't give you those rights.
nowhere in the Bible are those rights defined by God.
you right-wing wack-jobs really need to get some logical material.
unalienable Rights, are rights that are so primary....so basic, that they can be assumed to belong to people in their natural state, with or without a government to protect them.
It has nothing to do with belief in God. You may choose to believe that God bestows your natural state of existance, which in case by default bestows these rights, but realistically speaking, No creator stated that you have them or even granted them to you.
the fact that society has become more civilized than primal instinct and taking what you want or need from someone else by whatever force is necessary, is what is responsible for these rights.
If that is too hard to understand, you may want to go back to school and get your diploma.
2007-10-31 01:32:10 · answer #7 · answered by Boss H 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Sorry to dissapoint you--but most liberals do believe in God. The fact that the fake Christian "preachers" on the religious right lie and say otherwise is just one more proof they are not real Christians.
2007-10-31 01:15:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Yes. They believe in "themselves" is where their rights come from. Which will get you No where.
People can't go through life believing and relying on self, it's impossible, because all our strength our very existence depends on the power of Almighty God.
2007-10-31 01:49:47 · answer #9 · answered by Jeremiah Johnson 7 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Just where do you get your silly information.... I am a liberal, proud of it.. and i believe in God. What I wonder is.. do you? Especially if you can tell lies like the statement you just made... tch tch tch!
2007-10-31 02:42:16 · answer #10 · answered by Debra H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋