(July 16, 2015 at 7:30 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(July 16, 2015 at 7:25 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: Every human being has the inherent right to life. If those people were all real people, I would say they had just as much right to live as anyone else. I don't think they were real people or that these story are any more than parable. I have talked about this many times throughout this forum.
The idea of rights is consistent with my Catholic beliefs.
Okay, let's say that the Bible stories are ALL parables, and that the threats, the genocide, etc. in the Bible are all just stories to emphasize a moral point. Which of them, in your opinion, show that God extends universal rights to all of mankind? Which rights are they, and if you aren't too busy, which passages, lead you to believe this?
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.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
