Are All Men Created Equal?
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Nope. But we have the God given right from birth to be treated as equals. A right protected by the only written document ever to be put forth by man to defend it.
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...and I think myself, what a wonderful world :)
...valid observation, nicely stated....
Cheers mate.
That article never uses the word "value" or "worth" once. There are exactly zero people who attribute "everyone is created equal" with the idea that we are equal in biology, intelligence, personality, proclivities, etc. No one things we are equal in upbringing (unless you're siblings).
The equality of human beings is related to value or worth, not their individual characteristics.
Taking one phrase out of a sentence in isolation leads to a rabbit hole. Contextually, we are all born with the same rights. Talent and skill development is different for every one. Some people are natural born autists. others are not. Some people are hard working, others are lazy. Some have in IQ of 55, others of 200 and in between. Some people can think abstractly, others can not.
It is quite clear the average IQ is slipping notches below 100. This will impact time-preference i.e economic decisions based on values.
The rest is consequence.
...valid observations....
I think Jefferson took some literary license with that one.
https://youtu.be/JDSPwexlyTo
Yes. God created us all equal.