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Originally Posted by Archaea
Just parrotting it, doesn't mean I accept it lock, stock and barrel. You'll have to do better than that.
It was a nice argument when the Founders made the argument. But it was incomplete and failed to consider many aspects.
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It is the very foundation of our government. "ALL" men are born with certain INALIENABLE rights. Not some, depending on their circumstances.
The difficulty with your approach is that an entity must determine who has rights and who doesn't. That entity almost has to be the government. They make the determination without giving the subject of the inquiry due process. In other words, they decide if they will give someone rights or not (i.e., the rights flow from the government).
It isn't a false dichotomy. No matter how you slice it, those are the options. Our rights have a source. That source is either God or a man-made institution.