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If you think that God grants and justifies human rights, does God endorse the right to freedom of religion?

Question by Pull My Finger: If you think that God grants and justifies human rights, does God endorse the right to freedom of religion?
Or if you subscribe to the theory that human rights come from God, would you then have to believe that freedom of religion is the one right you DON’T have, since most religions teach that their god considers the practice of other religions an abominable practice?

Best answer:

Answer by Lance
I have to say, on the face of things, let’s say from the Bible, that God’s record on human rights is not very good. He seems at best very capricious, and toys with people, testing them arbitrarily, punishing innocent and guilty alike; at the very worst, he seems to emulate quite accurately a modern day totalitarian dictator. Ancient Israel reminds me a lot of Soviet Russia or North Korea in terms of a Mr. Big ruling by fear and reward.

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2 comments on “If you think that God grants and justifies human rights, does God endorse the right to freedom of religion?

  • Human rights come from God. No, humanity does not have freedom of religion, or else there wouldn’t be a hell – THAT DOES NOT mean that Christians have the right to force others to believe GOd – as Jesus said himself that only HE saves…

  • MyIntellectualJourney

    November 10, 2011 at 6:07 am

    Human rights are a human construct that just like in the U.S. through the Constitution, “We the People… do ordain.”

    Human rights are sacrosanct because enough us stand up and say they are.

    That’s why and how they exist in the real world.

    God has nothing to do with it, except for in some people’s minds where he/she/it exists.

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