To Be an American

[stanc]

Actually according to Christian beliefs or the ones I have read Satan is the ruler of the world until Christ returns...

Yes, I've read that. And while it could account for the "evil" seen in the world, it does not address my question.

I was referring to actions that the Bible says were done by God himself, or at his direction.

For example, the annihilation of the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah, reportedly because they were exercising their liberty and pursuit of happiness.

Or the most egregious case, the intentional drowning of virtually all humans on Earth, in an effort at genocide not seen since.

Yes, stanc is keeping us honest again.

Hey, it's a rough job, but somebody's gotta do it.



P.S. My personal opinion is that the concept of "rights" is a fallacy. The only rights that people actually have are those that they have the power to enforce. The rights that we enjoy currently resulted primarily from the use of force by mortal men, not by any decree from God.

And those "rights" have not remained constant over time, which they logically should be if they truly were ordained by God. For instance, prior to 1934 people had unrestricted access to machine guns, silencers, etc, but today government approval is required for legal ownership.

People today -- or I guess I really should say white adult males -- are less free than they were 50 years ago, just as those in 1965 were less free than their predecessors in 1915, who were in turn less free than white men of 1865, and so on. The continuing decline in individual liberty seems inevitable and unavoidable.