RE: Atheists becoming less unpopular?
March 31, 2017 at 11:15 am
(This post was last modified: March 31, 2017 at 11:27 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 31, 2017 at 11:00 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Maybe because most people do not accept the definition of atheism as lack of belief, in which case they considered atheists opposed to the fundamental principle for justifying inherent human rights as expressed in the Declaration of Independence. If there is no God, there are no inalienable human rights.
That's a rather dim view of inalienable rights, don't you think? Just because some ignorant believer mistakenly attributed their inalienable rights to an imaginary god...doesn't mean that they don't have those rights. It's not as if there is no secular foundation for such a position.
Try the UN preamble, for starters.
Quote:Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,See...freedom, justice, peace in the world. These are secular foundations that are available even to you, the believer. Or..perhaps, for americans, try the actual place and explanation for our rights..not the declaration of independence..but the bill of rights? Specifically, the 9th.
Quote:The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.See, we own -all- the rights.....they proceed from us, even when they are unmentioned therein. Another secular foundation equally available to you, the believer.
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