God given rights don’t apply when the other person doesn’t believe in God. We have too many unresolved issues. Now we are on the final path to destroy what’s left of the constitution. When people are losing their jobs just because they have an acccount on a “Social Media” platform the indoctrination has been completed.
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After two years being at this Community I’ve finally found tje Members who agreed with my thoughts… 
There’s no such thing like God given right other than “right to live”… Everything else was just written in the books.
So far nobody took this right away. Just changed the way have to think about it differently.
If there is a right to live, do you get to protect that right? Where does that right begin and end?
If someone is trying to take away my right to live, how far can I go to protect my right from his/her infringement on my right?
Even if you don’t believe in God/god(s), isn’t right to protect yourself an inalienable right?
Take out the god-factor, is the right to life granted by other men (people)?
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I’ve been raised in Catholic Family with strong believing. And I’m still far away from telling “God given rights”. People are messing with these rights all the time. Constitution, self-defense, protecting innocents… God created the Man and gave a right to live… the rest is just whatever the Man decided to do…
Anyway… let’s keep the topic on the route… 1st Amendment and Social Medias are not a “God given rights” for sure…
(there is another thread we have discussed God given rights and this stuff already…)
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At least you admit that your opinion on this matter is not even consistent with the catechism of your faith tradition. But are you aware that it is also not consistent with the overwhelming consensus of post-Enlightenment western civilization?
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c2a3.htm
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But you realize that Catechism is just a book… not God’s words… anyway. Let’s stop digging this problem. It will never be resolved… and actually it’s not the place for it.
YOU brought it into a public discussion @Jerzees, nobody else. You stated your philosophical objection to the notion of “God-given rights” beyond the “right to life.” Then the MODERATOR asked a series of rational follow-up questions and said they are absolutely appropriate topics to discuss here, to which you protested. You don’t get to state YOUR contrarian opinion on a topic on a public discussion board and then declare it off limits to debate. That’s not how this works.
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OK. I’m sorry for my words:
That was my opinion, regarding @Anthony88’s post. It was never meant to be a discussion… and if you’d red it carefully I’ve mentioned TWICE to stop discussing about it. So let’s just STOP. Opinions has been shared - that’s it .
If anyone want to talk about “God given rights” - let do this on the proper thread… but to be honest, that was already discussed and explained.
Yeah, well…
I just pointed out that you are in a tiny minority of opinion on the subject. 95% of Americans say they believe in a supreme being and a slim majority of scientists do as well. In both cases, the bulk of these believing demographics believe in the Judeo-Christian God. In reality though, all secular humanists also hold a basically agreed upon set of fundamental human rights which pre-exist governments. This is the concept known as Natural Law, and virtually all civilization is built upon its core concept (the dignity of all human beings).
And I thought Anthony made a great point, too. But I read it as a believer in basic human rights, not as a non-believer. His comment is rationally true either way. And I see this as foundational to the entire discussion of civil rights and the US Constitution, regardless of your repeated protests.
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To @Jersy’s point, we did wander off-topic in this thread. Part of that is on me (oops - it happens to the best of us 
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Evil will always be present. We all have a right to protect ourselves as well as a right not to. One reason for being communal is safety in numbers.
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That and specialization of labor are about the only 2 good reasons I can think of. 
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I don’t believe in God, but I do believe in our inalienable rights that are guaranteed by our Constitution. There are “believers” that don’t believe in those rights, God-given or otherwise.
Ever heard of the Death penalty, aka, capital punishment? Or worse, abortion?
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I hear you but If the user signs an agreement with specific terms then a company can terminate them. However a phone call isn’t as “public” as a tweet. A phone call / text is specific in who can receive it.