Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Picked up a copy of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” the other day. Just in case you’re wondering, it’s a proclamation of the UN General Assembly from December 10, 1948. The declaration considers all people everywhere members of the “human family.” It speaks of the “conscience of mankind” and a lot of other one-world nonsense.

Did you know the UN considers “freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want as the highest aspiration of the common people”? What do they mean by “common people”? Do they mean all the people everywhere in common, or do they mean the people who have to work for a living? The latter would seem to agree with the so-called “freedom from fear and want.” So if the UN rules the world, they will supply not just all my needs but even my wants. This is beginning to look a lot like something competing for the title of God.

The so-called Article 1 says all human beings are “endowed with reason and conscience.” Really? Who “endowed” us with these? God or the UN? The article goes on to say we “should” all act in a “spirit of brotherhood.” And who is our father? God or the UN?

Article 3 reads, “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.” Everyone? Even unborn babies? And “security of person” sure sounds a lot like the right to bear arms. So the UN says we have the right to security of person, and if I choose to use firearms to secure my person and be free from fear, then certainly the UN would protect those rights, right? Yeah, right.

1 comment:

The Militant Pacifist said...

It's interesting how human language (a gift from God) implicitly demands His (i.e., God's) recognition. The drafters of the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" had to use the words "endowed with reason" to get their point across - language which implies endowment by an endow(er).

In the same way, the atheistic naturalist is trapped in foolishness by the phrase "natural selection" - a phrase that implies the presence of a "selector."

Selection, at a minimum requires “presence.”

Hmm...who could be present to make these "selections."

It certainly couldn't be "God" [because everybody in the biology department knows there’s no God] so we'll come up with a substitute "selector" to make the selection.

Let’s call him nature, or let’s call him “chance.”

Nature did it. Chance did it.

Yeah…that’s the ticket.

Psalm 53:1