"If the men who had denied one liberty had taken the opportunity to affirm other liberties, there might be some defence for them. But it never occurs to them to admit any liberties at all. It never so much as crosses their minds. Hence the excuse for the last oppression will always serve as well for the next oppression; and to that tyranny there can be no end." — G.K. Chesterton, Eugenics and Other Evils
Where liberties are taken at liberty, freedom is taken for granted and therefore will only be granted to those the State sees fit. If freedom is not a right from God, it is a privilege that can be withheld by some men from other men.
Ezekiel 18:4
Look, every life belongs to Me.
Every soul, however, belongs to God. He is its Maker and its Sustainer. He has endowed each spirit with the right to live, and move, and have its being.
Acts 17:28
In Him we live, and move, and have our being.
He has proclaimed in His Law the value of each life and the value of their property by insisting that murder and theft are forbidden (i.e. the 6th and 8th commandments). No one can take another's life or property without God's consent. The individual does not have the right to take their own life and they do have the right to give away their property.
Charity is possible because theft is forbidden.
The tyranny of taking away rights cannot stop itself. It is an evil without brakes. Without a God of the system, the system cannot regulate itself. It cannot stop itself, but it can, and will, do everything in its power to stop you. In a world where might makes right, might will take away rights in order to keep the weak from gaining strength by having rights to stand upon.
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