U.S. Senator “Troubled By Idea Rights Come From GOD!”

**U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (GOD? Who’s That?)**

U.S. Senator “Troubled By Idea Rights Come From GOD HERE!”

They Think They’re God

Despite being a largely forgotten historical footnote, Tim Kaine really could have become president.

It’s easy to imagine. If Donald Trump hadn’t run in 2016, Hillary Clinton likely would have won. That would have propelled the otherwise irrelevant Virginia senator to being a heartbeat from the Oval Office. Could the presidency have killed Hillary and elevated Kaine? Of course. But even if it didn’t, the idea of Clinton serving for eight years then passing the torch to her VP in 2024 is far from outlandish. Under those circumstances, we’d currently be living under a Kaine administration.

What would that have been like? We received a clue this week. Check out this quote, which the senator spit out during a Foreign Relations Committee hearing.

“The notion that rights don’t come from laws and don’t come from the government, but come from the Creator … that’s what the Iranian government believes. … So, the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling.”

That may be worth re-reading. Americans who recognize that rights come from God, an idea among our country’s most fundamental founding principles, are more aligned with Iran than the United States? Are you kidding? We’ve heard some wild claims over the years, and that’s one of the most head-turning of all.

Is Kaine correct? Of course not. As The Daily Signal wrote on Thursday, the idea of natural justice and natural rights existing apart from human laws and institutions dates back long before Thomas Jefferson – ironically, a Virginia man like Kaine – put it in the Declaration of Independence. Biblical passages reference universal moral laws and suggest all people have inherent worth as creations made in God’s image. Philosophers like John Locke and Aristotle have spoken on the idea for centuries. It is a basic truth.

So why would Kaine say otherwise? To deny God’s authority and suggest mere men have the power that only the Creator really has is to deny God’s existence at all. The whole point of God is that He transcends man; He’s in charge, not us. You can’t hold the belief that God is real, but that we’re the ones in control. Those ideas are direct contradictions.

Here’s another basic truth: every society needs God. People crave something to worship and follow. They need guidance. You can probably see where this is going.

The reason politicians pretend they have the power of God isn’t because they want a Godless society. It’s because they want to be the god. They lust for the ability to tell people what to do, say, and think, and they can’t stand the idea of a higher power being superior to them. This is what makes our country’s Founders remarkable. Despite ridding themselves of British rule, they remained firmly aware that they were not the ultimate authority. God was, and still is.

Somewhere along the line, Western leaders have forgotten that reality. They’ve lost the thread. Even if they drive us up a wall, we should pray for their healing. They clearly need it.

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