As an individual I believe it is far better to believe in something rather than nothing. Human beings cannot fully exist without believing in something. Whether they believe in themselves, in happiness, money, fame, or power, there has to be something that they look to in life which gives them meaning. This belief however is proven more effective when it is grounded in something which will not end. No wealth, power or fame is everlasting, and we all know that people die. Therefore, the one thing that has remained constant is the belief in a God. The idea of God has lasted for billions of years and still continues to this date. Human rights on the other hand are the belief that all human beings are entitled to certain rights within society because of their inherent dignity as human beings. The human right movement is not considered a religious one; however it still adapts most of its values from religion. Therefore, it only makes sense that the foundation of human rights should be rooted in God and not man. God empowers the human rights movement in ways that man cannot. This is because the concept of God is a powerful one that can influence man fight for the rights of others. Without this idea, human beings act in ways that showcases their …show more content…
That is, we have some residual capacity to reason, to will and to love that is given to us as an endowment that we did not achieve by our own efforts. And while every one of these areas of human life is imperfect, often distorted by sin obscured by false desires or corrupted by exterior influences in sinful circumstances, the dignity conferred on us by the gift of the imago demands both an individual regard for each person and a constant drive to form and sustain those socio-political arrangements that protect the relative capacities to reason, to choose and to love that are given with this gift