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The Bible in Government and Society explores biblical perspectives on issues like human rights, the sanctity of life, church and state, social responsibility, environmental concerns, sexuality and marriage, parental responsibility, plurality of ideas, self-defense, just war, and the impact of end-times prophecy on politics. This volume attempts to fairly represent contemporary cultural challenges...

so over a period of time, the Declaration mandates revolution: “But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.” Even in this statement the security of rights is the primary issue. Further, if government recognizes other rights beyond those identified in the Declaration, then from whence
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