On the Topic of Rights
Today was my first day of my summer study of the Constitution- which I will share with you.
"So, what is a right?" The definition is from the Oxford English Dictionary: "The ability to do that which is just; or the ability to perform a responsibility." Here are two more questions: Do we really have a right to do wrong? (Such as murder an innocent person?) Of course not. And is there really a difference between the right to do wrong, and the ability to do wrong? A huge difference. We have no right to do wrong, even though we still do it. It is man's nature to sin. However, the ability to wrong? These are some things I'll have to expound on during my think time later on.
To contine: What are unalienable rights? (This definition also comes from the Oxford Dictionary.) Rights that are so important, nobody should be able to take them from you unless you forfeit them yourself.
At this point, we were asked another question by Mr. Ure, "Which rights are so important that you think they should be considered unalienable?" The class shared some thoughts, such as the rights of family, life, happiness, and freedom of religion, and the right of expressing oneself in an honest and upright way, to name a few.
But... "Who makes them unalienable?" Given four possibilities to refute, G-d was the only sovereign one.
1) The Governement: The concensus? If the governemnt gives you rights, the governement can take them away like that! *Snaps fingers*
2) One's Own Might: If you use your own strength for your own rights, someone is bound to come along stronger than you are, and take your rights away.
3) Nature: Nature has a mind of its own. If you manage to protect your rights from the stronger man on the tree, and from the governement, than you have nature to worry about--- what's going to stop a tornado (or an earthquake, or a hurricane, or a flood...) from coming along and ruining your rights?
4) G-d: If G-d gives covenants (or rights), no one can take them away. And no man can over-write them. They are unmovable.
Therefore, the conclusion to this is that all rights are given by none other than G-d, and, again, only He can take them away, except for Him, unless He sees fit. Aren't you glad G-d is like that? He is unchanging.
That was a good point at which to conclude, right?
"So, what is a right?" The definition is from the Oxford English Dictionary: "The ability to do that which is just; or the ability to perform a responsibility." Here are two more questions: Do we really have a right to do wrong? (Such as murder an innocent person?) Of course not. And is there really a difference between the right to do wrong, and the ability to do wrong? A huge difference. We have no right to do wrong, even though we still do it. It is man's nature to sin. However, the ability to wrong? These are some things I'll have to expound on during my think time later on.
To contine: What are unalienable rights? (This definition also comes from the Oxford Dictionary.) Rights that are so important, nobody should be able to take them from you unless you forfeit them yourself.
At this point, we were asked another question by Mr. Ure, "Which rights are so important that you think they should be considered unalienable?" The class shared some thoughts, such as the rights of family, life, happiness, and freedom of religion, and the right of expressing oneself in an honest and upright way, to name a few.
But... "Who makes them unalienable?" Given four possibilities to refute, G-d was the only sovereign one.
1) The Governement: The concensus? If the governemnt gives you rights, the governement can take them away like that! *Snaps fingers*
2) One's Own Might: If you use your own strength for your own rights, someone is bound to come along stronger than you are, and take your rights away.
3) Nature: Nature has a mind of its own. If you manage to protect your rights from the stronger man on the tree, and from the governement, than you have nature to worry about--- what's going to stop a tornado (or an earthquake, or a hurricane, or a flood...) from coming along and ruining your rights?
4) G-d: If G-d gives covenants (or rights), no one can take them away. And no man can over-write them. They are unmovable.
Therefore, the conclusion to this is that all rights are given by none other than G-d, and, again, only He can take them away, except for Him, unless He sees fit. Aren't you glad G-d is like that? He is unchanging.
That was a good point at which to conclude, right?