Frank wrote on Sep 21
st, 2023 at 6:13pm:
What are inherently human characteristics? Not biological components - kidneys, bones, skin - or biochemic elements - proteins, enzymes - as these are all found in their various versions in other creatures.
Good start.
Quote:Whether you like it or not, human right have to do with God, the conception of God,...
Still on solid ground, (assuming "God" loves his Creation).
Quote:specifically the Judeo - Christian God. It is about what kind of God would create humans like us.
Oops! you jumped off a cliff there mate....all humans are attracted by the mystique of The Creator, however perceived by humans.
Quote:In so far as there are any universal rights, these are based of the Christian conception of God and of humanity. You will never hear a Hindu or Muslim or Orthodox Jew or animistic shaman speak about universal human rights and his own religion and philosophy in the same breath.
So...you are speaking about "Christ our Lord"....the
'Prince of Peace' who was nevertheless not God.
Quote:God created man in his own i m age - and each culture, in turn, creates its god in its own image.
And Europe has been as violent as any culture on the planet since Christ's time...and NATO and Russia (all "Christians") are still at it.
I think you will find "rights" are human inventions, NOT 'natural/inalienable', and are instead
desires mistaken for "rights".