What Human Rights?

[Catholic_Lady]

The bible is very important, but the bible is not the Church Itself. The Church is not sola scriptura, and is not bound entirely by the words in the bible. I don't know which bible verse talks about human rights. When I want to know what Catholicism teaches about human rights, I look at the Catechism, Magisterium, etc. I don't open up the bible and look for it there. :

This question would much better apply to either one of the two protestants here, since they rely solely on the bible, I believe.

Okay, so far you've said the Bible is a bunch of fairy tales and shouldn't be taken literally.  That's a strange position for a Christian, of any denomination, to take, but okay.

Maybe I missed your posts earlier in the thread, but you haven't answered my question since I asked it: WHY do you believe that God extends any particular rights to mankind in general?

Well first of all I never said the bible was just "a bunch of fairy tales." 
Second, it's not strange at all. It's a very common amongst Catholics to believe that parts of the bible were not written literally. And I'd say most protestants believe that at least Genesis is not literal.

Sorry, I did not see that question.

I wouldn't say God doesn't extend any particular rights to animals. We are still supposed to treat all living things with a certain level of respect. I'm not exactly sure what you mean about animals rights, actually. Are you talking about the fact that animals are not held morally responsible for killing each other or stealing each other's food, etc? Lol.