Human rights + social justice

• Article 1 of UDHR

  “All humans are born free and equal in dignity and rights”
• God is just - Christians should be just to imitate him

  “All his ways are just”
• (C) God knows who is unjust

  “I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins”
• (C) Salvation through works

  “Faith if it is not accompanied by action…is dead”
• (C) How humans should treat eachother+ agape

  “Love thy neighbour as thyself”
• (I) Help others, fair society should be maintained

  “Help one another to do what is right and good”
• ARTICLE 18

  “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion”
• (C) Great commission, importance of evangelism

  “Go throughout the world and preach the gospel to all”
• (C) Social equality

  “There is no difference between Jews and Gentiles”
• (C) Social equality, treat everyone equally

  “As far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone”
• (C) Refutes religious freedom, baptism

  “Go, therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit”
• (I) Supports religious freedom, but preaches Islam

  "The truth has come from your Lord: let those who wish to believe in it do so”
• (I) Do not force islam

  "There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion”
• (I) Refutes religious freedom

  "Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day”
• ARTICLE 2

  “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status”
• (C) Gender equality

  “In the image of God, he created them; man and woman…”
• (C) Equality in faith

  “Nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Jesus Christ”
• (I) Gender does not matter in entering heaven/hell

  “Whoever does righteous deeds, whether male or female…will enter Paradise”
• (I) Racial inequality is wrong because God's diversification is special

  “People, we created you from a single man and made you into races…so that you should recognise one another
• (I) against gender equality

  “Men are in charge of women by [right of] what Allah has given one over the other”
• Martin Luther King Jr

  “Not judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character”
• (I) HADITH against racial inequality

  “A white person is not better than a black person, nor is a black person better than a white person except by piety and good actions”
• (I) forbids interest (loans)

  "Allah has made interest fruitless, and charities fruitful”
• (C) New testament compares money to evil

  "The love of money is the root of all evil”
• (C) Jesus encouraged giving to the poor (salvation through works)

  "Give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven”
• (C) christians have a duty to protect the weak + charitable giving

  "You must support the weak…it is more blessed to give than receive”