re: #296 dangerman

those that were enslaved, freed, etc were not “granted” or nor “given” rights. those rights were always there (and are). before the war they were forcefully and with the power and might of “the state”, suppressed. after the war they were still forcefully and with the power and might of “the state”, suppressed by those very same mechanisms.

Yes, and that is the one and only argument for a god, IMHO. Rights do not come from a document or another human being. They are innate to every living thing.

That being rather abstract for most thinkers —a god, who cannot be challenged, is the substitute that works.