The Right To Free Speech is the Right To Lie
The Right To Bear Arms is the Right To Kill
The Right To Freedom is the Right To Oppress Others
The Right To Property is the Right To Theft
The Right To Freedom of Worship is the Right To Idolatry — Agustino
The Right To Freedom of Worship is the Right To Idolatry — Agustino
The Decalogue has no positive content but is merely negative. It restricts what can be done. Whereas Human Rights have solely positive content, and hence miss delineating the negative. It is no wonder that Western permissive culture has adopted human rights and forgotten about the Decalogue. — Agustino
The Right To Free Speech is the Right To Lie — Agustino
The Right To Bear Arms is the Right To Kill — Agustino
The Right To Freedom is the Right To Oppress Others — Agustino
The Right To Property is the Right To Theft — Agustino
There is not a straight path from equality to rights.Human rights are necessary because all people are created equal. — Waya
Iran? Also, why should we accept that theocracy is not an ideal form of government?No one today lives in a theocracy. — Waya
Having freedom is one thing, having a right to something is another. The Bible makes it quite clear that humans don't have "rights" - we don't deserve salvation for example.The rights are not evil, nor do they set good and evil on the same basis, rather, it demonstrates that humans have free will, as it is declared in Genesis — Waya
It is the right to idolatry as well. Idolatry must be treated, as a result of this right, as equivalent to worship of the real God in society.Freedom of worship is not the right to idolatry, but rather the opportunity to do right. — Waya
To remove the concept of "rights" from political discourse, and return to rules and regulations.What's your proposed solution to the problem? — Baden
They are closely related.There is not a straight path from equality to rights. — Agustino
Iran is definitely not a theocracy. It is a human government that falsely declares that their god is the leader.Iran? Also, why should we accept that theocracy is not an ideal form of government? — Agustino
Having freedom is one thing, having a right to something is another. The Bible makes it quite clear that humans don't have "rights" - we don't deserve salvation for example. — Agustino
What is idolatry then? How about working 7 days a week and not attending worship service? Should those people have their throats slit? What is the worship of the real God? Is this based on your standard, your opinion, your ideas? What if, for example, someone said that the icons in the church met the criteria for idolatry? Should we then stone the Catholics and Orthodox? And for the Catholics, should they then burn the "heretics" at the stake for not worshipping as they do? Or rather, should this choice be left to the individual and God?It is the right to idolatry as well. Idolatry must be treated, as a result of this right, as equivalent to worship of the real God in society. — Agustino
Human rights are necessary because all people are created equal. No one today lives in a theocracy. The rights are not evil, nor do they set good and evil on the same basis, rather, it demonstrates that humans have free will, as it is declared in Genesis. — Waya
Human Rights are the exact inverse of the Christian Decalogue: — Agustino
The Right To Free Speech is the Right To Lie — Agustino
The Right To Bear Arms is the Right To Kill — Agustino
Human Rights are the exact inverse of the Christian Decalogue:
The Right To Free Speech is the Right To Lie
The Right To Bear Arms is the Right To Kill
The Right To Freedom is the Right To Oppress Others
The Right To Property is the Right To Theft
The Right To Freedom of Worship is the Right To Idolatry
The Decalogue has no positive content but is merely negative. It restricts what can be done. Whereas Human Rights have solely positive content, and hence miss delineating the negative. It is no wonder that Western permissive culture has adopted human rights and forgotten about the Decalogue. — Agustino
The Decalogue is for the Jews, not the Christians. There are only two Christian commandments, and they are both positive - exhortations to love.The Decalogue has no positive content but is merely negative. — Agustino
I don't know of any rights campaigners that assert that it is always virtuous to exercise a right. Indeed one of the main points of free speech is that you should not be legally punished for speaking even when what you say is the opposite of virtuous. That goes right back to Voltaire's original famous one-liner about free speech.lying itself becomes a virtue, as the necessary result of the exertion of one's inalienable rights. — Agustino
The Decalogue is for the Jews, not the Christians. There are only two Christian commandments, and they are both positive - exhortations to love. — andrewk
The Right To Free Speech is the Right To Lie — Agustino
That's why the Supreme Court interprets the law for everyday cases so that "Fire!" in a movie theater is not Free Speech. The Founding Fathers were actually quite forward thinking on that front. — schopenhauer1
The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic. [...] The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent. — Schenck v. United States
Take the right to free speech for instance. This right sets the truth and the lie on equal footing. It gives one authority to lie and be protected for lying - indeed, lying itself becomes a virtue, as the necessary result of the exertion of one's inalienable rights. — Agustino
The Decalogue has no positive content but is merely negative. — Agustino
May we expect you to begin quoting Proudhon now--Property is Theft? — Bitter Crank
Yes, they could "define" it as such, but as many disagree on who or what makes a god real, then they can't be true theocracies. I see most nations that claim to be ruled by a god as just a human government manipulating a superstitious people. — Waya
The devil can cite scripture for his purpose.Matthew 19:16-30, Mark 10:17-31, and Luke 18:18-30 — Akanthinos
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