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Originally Posted by Esaias
The other is that human equality goes deeper than just political equality. In this sense, all people are considered of equal value and worth, or equal in the eyes of God. All are created moral equals.
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This is where serious difficulty with the concept of equality comes in. "All are considered of equal value or worth." What exactly does this mean? As pointed out already, value or worth has to do with importance, usefulness, and/or the esteem that something deserves. It also can mean to have a high opinion of someone or something, to consider it important or beneficial.
To claim everyone has equal value, then, means that each person is just as important as each other person. But is this true? Is the king of a nation more important, more beneficial, more useful, than a mere soldier in his army? If a person is the only one who can cure a deadly plague, are they not more valuable than a single person who is sick? Are they not more beneficial, of more use, to the whole of society, than anyone else, at that time?
Should all persons be esteemed or honored alike, with no distinction? Should not the selfless martyr, who dies for a noble cause, to save the lives of others, should such a person not be honored and greatly esteemed in comparison to the traitor, who betrays his nation and friends for monetary gain?
Does the hero DESERVE higher honour than the thief or coward?
As for being equals in value at birth, prior to doing any good or bad, consider this. God chose Jacob and rejected Esau before either of them had any moral character of their own. He says He loved Jacob and hated Esau. Did He not value Jacob more than Esau? Did He not esteem Jacob more than Esau, did He not consider Jacob more useful to mankind's good than Esau was? Was not Jacob more important in the Plan of God and to the future of mankind than Esau, or you or me?
So it seems that "equality" is in reality, a phantasm, created to make people feel better about themselves. It's the "everybody deserves a trophy" mentality. There is nothing wrong with recognizing that, for example, Abraham had more importance or "value" than oneself has. It doesn't mean you or I have no value at all. But it goes a long way towards helping us to be humble, to give honour where it is due, to remember we as individuals are part of something bigger than ourselves. When you know your place, you know you HAVE a place in a bigger program. Otherwise, you have no place - which means
you do not belong.
"Equality", like most everything cooked up by the wisdom of man, is really just a deceitful and destructive lie.
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