We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed .... with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
i took out "by their creator" cause this isn't supposed to be about god. i'm sick of god at this point, one way or the other.... but this is about faith.
the question i have: is logic enough to win elections?? and i've come to the conclusion that "no"... it is not... it would appear pretty conclusive that kerry's efforts to explain himself logically were an unmitigated failure.
i decided the following statements that were originally posted as a comment in one of the religion diaries warranted their own diary...
o i don't feel i have to prove rationally that helping the poor is a good thing to do.
o i don't think i have to use facts to show that waging pre-emptive war on a basically defenseless countries is a war crime.
o i do not need to prove to anyone that fabricating a case for war is, if anything else, treason.
o i don't believe i have to prove rationally that a right to privacy is a sacred human right.
o i don't feel i have to prove empirically that a right to choice is sacred to a woman. to everyone.
o i don't believe i have to prove that all people must be equally protected under the law and have access to the exact same institutions available to everyone else.
o although it's true torture does not produce valid intelligence, i don't feel i have to put together raw data to prove that torture is wrong.
o i do not need to "make a case" that racial profiling is wrong.
o i don't believe i have to prove that allocating health care according to an ability to pay is wrong.
o i don't think i have to provide empirical evidence that health care is a right.
although i will also, most of the time, provide evidence to support these beliefs, I hold these truths to be self evident.
Feel free to add any i missed.