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Why do people get away with pretending that rights come from the sky?
by return0 10y ago
Why do people get away with pretending that rights come from the sky?
- classicsnoot 10y agoTo treat them any other way is to call into question the foundations of progressive/enlightened ideology. Movements, ideologies, and factions all must have a point of departure, and this point is predicated on assumptions. Liberal Western thought wanted equality but needed to remove god (as equality under a godhead was undesirable). Enlightenment thinkers felt free to say and do as they wished, so they formalized the feeling into an argument of the universality of rights. Whether they are god given or inherent, they must exist for the rest of the progressive framework to maintain its structure. The question i find interesting is, "how long will people like me get away with believing that rights come from rifles?"
- Mikeb85 10y agoBecause it makes it easier to dismiss the concerns of those who disagree or bring up actual problems with the issue at hand.
- cttet 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_State...