before making any arguments based on the merit and character of the pilgrims, you should probably read the histories of the first colony. It's a bloody miracle that USA exists. That colony proves miracles exist lol.

I dont disagree with the larger point though it is a straight philosophical line from one to the next pretty much.

A thought though. What if there a re no rights? what if we made them up. They disappear in war time largely so they arent permanent fixtures.

If there are rights that God granted then it seems to me that no man could take them away. I would be born with them and die with them. This is my basic conundrum with the topic of rights.

It feels like we are all agreeing to a peacetime lie.

but meh, i could just be nutty