# Human Dignity: Religion, Politics, or Natural Morality?

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**Created:** [July 2, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://talk.spare-oom.com/t/human-dignity-religion-politics-or-natural-morality/37614 "2026-07-02T07:08:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Manuel\_Alfonseca](https://talk.spare-oom.com/user_avatar/talk.spare-oom.com/manuel_alfonseca/32/223_2.png) [@Manuel\_Alfonseca](https://talk.spare-oom.com/u/Manuel_Alfonseca)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 7:08am UTC](https://talk.spare-oom.com/t/human-dignity-religion-politics-or-natural-morality/37614/1 "2026-07-02T07:08:22Z")

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Latest post in my blog on popular science:  
**Human Dignity: Religion, Politics, or Natural Morality?**  
[https://populscience.blogspot.com/2026/07/human-dignity-religion-politics-or.html](https://populscience.blogspot.com/2026/07/human-dignity-religion-politics-or.html)

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**Author:** ![dan](https://talk.spare-oom.com/user_avatar/talk.spare-oom.com/dan/32/324_2.png) [@dan](https://talk.spare-oom.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://talk.spare-oom.com/t/human-dignity-religion-politics-or-natural-morality/37614/2 "2026-08-31T16:57:11Z")

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My pastor frequently cites (unbeliever) Tom Holland’s _Dominion_ for the proposition that the concept of “universal human rights” exists only in places where Christianity has been prevalent. And it makes sense–only if man is created in God’s image does have inherent and unique dignity, and therefore only under that view does (or should) he possess any inherent rights.

Therefore, as the West increasingly rejects God, it’s unsurprising that the concept of human rights will be turned on its head.

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**Author:** ![Manuel\_Alfonseca](https://talk.spare-oom.com/user_avatar/talk.spare-oom.com/manuel_alfonseca/32/223_2.png) [@Manuel\_Alfonseca](https://talk.spare-oom.com/u/Manuel_Alfonseca)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2026, 5:43pm UTC](https://talk.spare-oom.com/t/human-dignity-religion-politics-or-natural-morality/37614/3 "2026-08-31T17:43:40Z")

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You are right. The UN declaration of human rights was approved when most of the countries now existent were colonies of Western countries, which at that time were still mainly Christian. Today many of those rights are being violated and replaced by “new” rights, such as the right to kill your unborn babies.

I wrote about this in a previous post with Lewis content: [https://populscience.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-abolition-of-man.html](https://populscience.blogspot.com/2022/06/the-abolition-of-man.html)

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**Author:** ![dzarechnak](https://talk.spare-oom.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@dzarechnak](https://talk.spare-oom.com/u/dzarechnak)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://talk.spare-oom.com/t/human-dignity-religion-politics-or-natural-morality/37614/4 "2026-09-12T15:43:44Z")

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And my state, Maryland, has recently become one of ten states to permit abortion at any time of pregnancy.