Tpaine,
By removing "by the creator", the sentence begs the question by whom or by what are all men endowed? As well as why is it self evident? If by evolution and chance then it is certainly not evident at all.
Regards,
Boiler Plate
Tpaine, By removing "by the creator", the sentence begs the question by whom or by what are all men endowed?
Nope, we are inately endowed with rights by our own reasoning ability. Our free will is a self evident truth.
As well as why is it self evident? If by evolution and chance then it is certainly not evident at all. Regards, Boiler Plate
Why are rights self evident? -- Would you deny that you have a free will to assert your rights?
Posted by Tribune7:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their ability to reason with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
First, our Founders didn't write this.
So what? It makes just as much sense without the Creator wording.
Secondly, how can the ability to reason endow unalienable rights?
Reason enables us to see the self evident truth that we all possess rights to life, liberty, and property.
The ability to reason is far more often used to steal another's rights than to defend them.
Again, -- if so, so what?