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So...God doesn't want humans to have life, liberty and pursue happiness?No such thoughts ever entered my mind. I am offended by your implying I harbor such thoughts.
I am simply taking the position that the God of the Bible never endowed His creation with anything.
en·dow
(ĕn-dou′)
tr.v. en·dowed, en·dow·ing, en·dows
1. To provide with property, income, or a source of income.
2.
a. To equip or supply with a talent or quality: Nature endowed you with a beautiful singing voice.
b. To imagine as having a usually favorable trait or quality: endowed the family pet with human intelligence.
The definition of "endow" listed above is the one I adhere to.
Below is a listing I found when searching for related subjects.
Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in ...
www.amazon.com/Endowed-Our-Creator-Religious...
Jun 05, 2012 · Endowed by Our Creator shows that the framers understood that the American government should not acknowledge religion in a way that favors any particular creed or denomination. Nevertheless, the framers believed that religion could instill virtue and help to unify a diverse nation.
If the statement, "..government should not acknowledge religion in a way that favors any particular creed or denomination."
is valid, then these men could not rightfully claim to be in agreement with God's revelation since He said:
[Exo 20:3 KJV] 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
[Exo 34:14 KJV] 14 For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name [is] Jealous, [is] a jealous God:
Do you not know that God considers everyone a slave in a spiritual sense:
[Rom 6:16 KJV] 16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
If you think that God endorses religious freedom, and claim to be a Christian, I have no further words for you.
Depending on your response, I will add you to my ignore list. Feel free to reciprocate in like manner.
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God, for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?
Ecclesiastes 9:7-10 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your vain life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun. Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.