I’m not trying to argue with you or anything like that. But someone on another forum a few years back once pointed out that Constitutional rights are not Biblical. What are your thoughts?
Personally, I had problems finding a Biblical basis.
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Personally, I had problems finding a Biblical basis.
Some of the rights in the constitution (such as the "pursuit of happiness" in the DoI) aren't rights at all.
However, the right to life, the right to liberty (within the confines of a just law), the right to bear arms, and others, are Biblical.
- Life: "You shall not murder" - 10 Commandments
- Liberty: "Is it not lawful for Me to do what I want with my own money" - Jesus
- Purchase, own, and carry personal defense weapons: Jesus told His disciples to go and buy a sword or two.
There are a few which I'm not sure of any specific passage that deals specifically with, but I don't doubt they're supported Biblically.
Idolater
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They're not. Commands, commandments, laws, they are biblical. Rights aren't.
That's totally fine. Rights come from moral philosophy, where they are the best way for us to formulate a theory of morals that's independent of religion.
Morals here means it's someone else's life, not yours, so leave them alone. And it's absolute, it's not consequentialist in any way. It's not because of how bad it is for you, that you shouldn't ever murder or rape or bear false witness against your neighbor under oath. Those things have nothing to do with you, that's other people, leave them alone, and that's absolute.
Rights under a natural rights legal theory should be protected by laws. Rights against being murdered, raped, and falsely accused of a crime, should have laws penalizing murder, rape, and false testimony.
So we do see rights in Scripture, when viewed from this angle, or through this lens. But we have to be careful that we don't use the lens wrongly, because otherwise we might start to believe that God thinks we have no right to work on Saturdays. And then we might think that making laws penalizing people who work on Saturdays is moral.
See my post above.
No, they don't. They come directly from God.
Romans 12:18
Which implies that it isn't always possible.
Doing such things harms oneself AND those around him, and leads to death.
That's how it violates the rights of humans beings, because it infringes on the God-given right to life and all that it entails.
I have a right to live my life without it being harmed by an evildoer. If someone violates that right, they must be punished in the interest of meeting the demands of justice.
Since rights are granted by the Creator at conception, that statement is completely meaningless.
Governments should enforce laws against crimes not because some legal theory says so, but because of the inherent God-given rights man has that those laws inherently protect.
Rights are not dependent on laws, nor require them.
The right to life existed before the law, "Do not murder."
The right to own property existed before the law, "Do not steal."
Those laws only further define the rights, they don't bring such rights into existence.
Sorry, but sabbath rests have nothing to do with this discussion.
17 minutes is really good. It means the police will get there before my body goes completely cold.
Seriously, I've learned over my life that the only one who will protect me is me.
Sen. Feinstein Vows to Ban Assault Weapons, High-Capacity Magazines Hours After Passing Gun Control Bill
Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced a bill to completely ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines just hours after Democrats passed a strict gun control bill.
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Because it didn't work the first time around.
"Bans any assault weapon with the capacity to utilize a magazine that is not a fixed ammunition magazine and has one or more military characteristics including a pistol grip, a forward grip, a barrel shroud, a threaded barrel or a folding or telescoping stock. Owners may keep existing weapons."
Legal.
Legal.
ok doser
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None of which have any effect on the lethality of the weapon
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Scary!
Idolater
"Foundation of the World" Dispensationalist χρ
Definitely part of the E in EBR (evil black rifle).
ok doser
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The color black was one of the original banned characteristics in Cuomo's NY SAFE act
Because racism
Is that why pink is such a popular color?
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ok doser
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LolIs that why pink is such a popular color?
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I remember going into a BassPro store when my little guy was probably 7 or 8. They had rifles on cables - you could pick them up, you could shoulder them, you could aim them - but they were tethered. I encouraged him to pick up a pink one. He wouldn't touch it.
