[YOUGOTIT]

" Our rights are God-given, as stated in the Declaration of Independence."

While the Declaration of Independence was and is a great and valuable document, it is not the supreme law as is the Constitution. While it is good to believe, that we are given rights by the All Mighty Creator, where does it say what those right are and, who does one call on to defend those rights and to prosecute those that deny those rights? Is it Hitler, Stalin, or some other anti-American members of the left in the present day world?

And where in the laws of God given to Moses does it state that we have individual rights that are above that of the Judges or Kings.

I know of NO other nation of this earth that has a document that spells out individual rights as does our Bill of Rights in our Constitution. If there are any, they have copied ours. (Although some of the Roman laws did come close until the Republic was destroyed.)

[Old Student]

"While the Declaration of Independence was and is a great and valuable document, it is not the supreme law as is the Constitution. While it is good to believe, that we are given rights by the All Mighty Creator, where does it say what those right are and, who does one call on to defend those rights and to prosecute those that deny those rights?"

That is what worried the founding fathers that insisted on including the Bill of Rights in the Constitution.

"And where in the laws of God given to Moses does it state that we have individual rights that are above that of the Judges or Kings."

The Law of Moses did not cover kings, and judges were chosen by and for the people of Israel, IIRC. Kings came later, and so did the corruption of judges.

"I know of NO other nation of this earth that has a document that spells out individual rights as does our Bill of Rights in our Constitution. If there are any, they have copied ours. (Although some of the Roman laws did come close until the Republic was destroyed.)"

The 12 Tablets of Roman Law did exactly what our Bill of Rights did; spelled out the rights of the people. Roman Law is the foundation of our law, along with Mosaic Law. Never-the-less, our Bill of Rights does not guarantee our rights, it merely enumerates some of them.

"...who does one call on to defend those rights and to prosecute those that deny those rights?"

You are responsible for your own defense, of course. You, and me, and everyone else. We band together to help each other, if we're smart, but we need to keep an eye on where the group is headed. That is why we're having this conversation, in fact. You call on me, and I call on you, and God help us both if we don't answer each other's call, because no one else will.