Yesterday, I wrote: "Equality is not a right conferred by humans. Equality is immanent in a life conferred by God."
Later, it occurred to me that "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal." says essentially the same thing. So does, "And they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." These latter quotes, of course, are from Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
Doubtless, Jefferson's iconic words were subliminally and silently playing on a subtext of my soul, along with other influences like nature, science, and the Bible.
Anyway, the point is this: demanding "rights" from one who has no rights to confer, as his/hers come from the same source as yours, is utterly absurd, like asking a hungry man for bread, a thirsty man for water, a drowning man for oxygen.
That is the point of my aphorism, and the purpose of Jefferson's declaration.
"For, those who have ears let them hear..". Now that one is Jesus the Christ!
Monday, April 27, 2015
SUBTEXT OF MY SOUL
Yesterday, I wrote: "Equality is not a right conferred by humans. Equality is immanent in a life conferred by God."
Later, it occurred to me that "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal." says essentially the same thing. So does, "And they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." These latter quotes, of course, are from Jefferson's Declaration of Independence.
Doubtless, Jefferson's iconic words were subliminally and silently playing on a subtext of my soul, along with other influences like nature, science, and the Bible.
Anyway, the point is this: demanding "rights" from one who has no rights to confer, as his/hers come from the same source as yours, is utterly absurd, like asking a hungry man for bread, a thirsty man for water, a drowning man for oxygen.
That is the point of my aphorism, and the purpose of Jefferson's declaration.
"For, those who have ears let them hear..". Now that one is Jesus the Christ!