Obviousy, - because the point was being made that it was necessary to have a creator 'endow' us with rights.
The fact that we have inalienable rights does not depend upon the existence of a 'creator'. - Believe in a god if you will, and leave me to my own beliefs.
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Okay. Then what DOES this fact depend on?
Our ability to protect & defend those rights, using our constitution, of course. What else?
If it depends on chance, then how do you know we even have inalienable rights?
I use my reason to 'know'. Apparently you use faith. - You do acknowledge we have rights, don't you?
Is it because our forefathers paid LIP SERVICE to those, too?
Nope, they were smart enough to protect political/religious freedoms with our constitution, -- the latter of which you seem to be having troubles with. Why is that, fester?
Let me get this straight. You are saying that our inalienable rights derive from our ability to protect and defend them? Ummm, I think you'll have a little trouble finding reasonable people to agree with that. I'm sure there's a public school for you somewhere.