What Human Rights?

[bennyboy]

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.

So any passage in the Bible that doesn't conform with your view that God extends certain rights to all people is "not literal?" That's pretty convenient and probably heretical.

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.

Except I never used the word "animals." I said "mankind." I guess you assumed what I said, instead of reading what you quoted me saying?

I still have an unanswered question. What, ANYWHERE, leads you to think that God has established rights which all human beings should expect to enjoy, thereby establishing those rights as absolute, and not as purely arbitrary? You say you have this idea. I just want to know where it comes from. Not the Bible, you say? The catechism? Okay, show me.