Rights.

I keep hearing people say that their rights are god given. If I remember right, England has 13, America has 11, Germany, if I am correct, though I may be wrong, has something like, 23 to 26, and Sweden only has 6.

If these are 'God' given rights, how come, for example, America, can take, and amend these rights. Does that not make them Human given rights, and therefore, not rights, but privileges?

Discuss.

>>24
The most brutal, mass murdering, totalitarian regimes have always outlawed religion as one of their first directives.

Psychologically, it only makes sense.
Religion, or the belief in some higher power, gives people hope and the moral authority to rebel against whatever is oppressing them. Take that away and it's much easier to keep the sheep in line.