Reasonable Christianity?
Reasonable Christianity is a weekly podcast where ordinary people have thought-provoking conversations about an extraordinary God. Each week we take a look at the truth claims of Christianity, the teachings of the bible as well as the practices of the saints in order to evaluate and affirm the truthfulness of our faith and ultimately preserve the power of the gospel. Hosted by Roland Albertus
Reasonable Christianity?
Human Rights Day: A biblical perspective
As South Africans we commemorate Human Rights Day on the 21st of March every year. This is to remind ourselves of the atrocity known as the Sharpeville Massacre, where police opened fire on unarmed, peaceful protestors because they were marching against racist and dehumanizing apartheid laws.
As we approach Human Rights Day this year, I thought it would be good for us to step back and consider the relationship between the existence of God and the existence of human rights.
So, in today's episode I want to focus on the following three things:
1) First, I want to take a brief look at the origins of Human Rights Day in South Africa
2) Secondly, I want to consider whether human rights are objective or subjective by considering the basis for human rights.
3) Finally, I want us to consider why exactly human beings are so special that we are entitled to special considerations (rights and duties) that do not apply to other creatures.
I hope this episode will enable you to ground human rights in an objective standard of morality i.e. God and that this grounding of morality would enable us to live lives that align with the nature of our creator.
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