We Need God’s Idea of Human Rights, Not Eleanor Roosevelt’s Humanistic One

Even people who don’t believe in God and don’t believe that man was created in his image must believe that at some level to believe in human rights. They have to ground human rights in something eternal.

But believing that isn’t enough. The belief in God-given human rights must germinate in our hearts before we can express it in our daily lives. The belief only germinates when we love. Love is the fuel of human rights that God gives us.

When we not only believe but love, we will place other peoples’ best interests ahead of our own. We’ll respect their rights as absolute, not treat them as less important than our desires. When we don’t both believe and love, we won’t treat others well. Selfishness will abound and satisfying our desires (even the unnatural ones) will become paramount. The most vulnerable eventually become unwelcome and unsafe.

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