(07-20-2018, 09:26 AM)jj82284 Wrote:

(07-20-2018, 08:44 AM)mikesez Wrote: The Declaration of Independence was not intended to define when human life begins, and all science does is let us describe what we see and predict how it reacts to certain changes.  We decide what the ethical implications are. We decide which rules, if enforced, lead to a desireable society.  I agree with you, but I don't have to.

No no.  Which rules WE DECIDE?  That's actually in stark opposition to the basic concept of inalienable natural rights and constitutional republicanism.  

When did we stop teaching basic civics.

It is? Was our Constitution written by a god or gods, or was it written by people like us? 
Let's take a closer look at some of the text.  Now this was just a pre-amble, and was only a precept to, not the message of, the document, but it was written:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and were endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights."
Did you notice the first word there? I think you understand the second clause and the third clause correctly.  But I think you skipped over the first word.

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