Today all we hear is equality. Everything and everyone must be equal. But all things are not equal. You can not put a circular peg inside a square hole, of course of equal size, and yet that is what we keep trying to do. If we all have a different fingerprint that is because we are all different, and that is the point. We have taken the Declaration of Independence out of context. It says, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Yes, all men are equal in the sight of God, but as far as our unalienable rights, the only thing that is equal is that we all have a right to life. So let’s stop right here. If we all have a right to life then that means every unborn child also has a right to live out its life. We can not pick and choose what or when to make stipulations or else all things will not be equal. Everyone here in America who is a citizen has freedom, but that freedom does not allow us to commit crimes without punishment, otherwise we are taking that freedom away from those who are the victims of those crimes. Criminals and victims are not equal. Good and bad can’t be put in the same equation. The one who does harm can not be rewarded and the one who is harmed cannot be punished. And yes, we all have the right to pursue happiness, but happiness is different for each person. What makes you happy may not make me happy, so only the right to pursue makes us equal. It is impossible to say all things are equal, because we all have a different life and we all come from different backgrounds and we all pursue different things in life. We may all be humans living on this planet, but in reality we are all different people, coming from all different backgrounds and even our climates are different. You may be from an area that is prone to tornadoes, and because of that, you may have to deal with much destruction if one hits. Same with those who live in an area that has hurricanes or droughts which produce famines and lack of water. The list could go on and on and on which makes us all different, even in our languages. You may say but this is not what we are talking about, but yes, it is what we are talking about. If we are all equal then we must all be equal all around the world and that is just not so. Many people live without freedom. Many people around the world are oppressed. Many people have been sold into human trafficking or slavery of all sorts. You see, not everyone is equal. If you want equality then it must be equality for all people everywhere and that is impossible. Even in our own families things are not equal because the first child was the only child and was given undivided attention and when the second and third child came, well then the first was given less and less. One may be very talented in a certain area and the other two may have personalities where they just want to sit around instead of achieving. We are all different in so many ways that it is impossible to have equality in the true sense of the word. It sounds great but it is unachievable, even if we say that everyone wins. We must live in reality and understand that man has existed for thousands of years and never has the thought been thought to have everyone equal because they knew then what we should know now, that it is not possible.
The Bible addresses this issue and it is good advice even if you do not believe in the Bible. 1 Corinthians 12:14-26 says this, “ For the body is not one part, but many. If the foot says, ‘Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body,’ it is not for this reason any less a part of the body. And if the ear says, ‘Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body,’ it is not for this reason any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole body were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? But now God has arranged the parts, each one of them in the body, just as He desired. If they were all one part, where would the body be? But now there are many parts, but one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I have no need of you’; or again, the head to the feet, ‘I have no need of you.’ On the contrary, it is much truer that the parts of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; and those parts of the body which we consider less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor, and our less presentable parts become much more presentable, whereas our more presentable parts have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked, so that there may be no division in the body, but that the parts may have the same care for one another. And if one part of the body suffers, all the parts suffer with it; if a part is honored, all the parts rejoice with it.”
We are all part of the human race, we are like one body, but we are still all different. We all want to achieve different things in life. But let’s face it, we are not all the same. You may be better in math than I am and so that leaves out any job that requires math. You may be better in science than me. There again you will be able to get a job as a scientist or even maybe a chemist. You see the point? We are not all the same. Some of us are just more equipped to be doctors or lawyers or even salespeople or cooks and so on. We all live our lives differently and we all have different talents and we all want to worship our god the way we choose. Being different makes us unequal, and that is how life has been all these years from the beginning. Is it a bad thing? Maybe! But that is what freedom is all about. The poor person can pick themselves up and become someone great, and the rich person can be free to invest his money and lose it all. If everything was equal in every area of life, we as humans would have no competitive spirit, no longing to achieve and accomplish, we would not have any incentive to be who we could be. No it is not equality that we need, it is the freedom to be who we want to be. It is the freedom to make money or lose it. It is the freedom to go and do as we wish. Even back in Jesus’s day He said that you will always have the poor. Some people are poor because they do not want to take the time or energy to learn, and become someone else. Some people are poor because they have illnesses that keep them poor. These people honestly need a helping hand, but even at that, they will never be equal to others, because of their handicap, which limits them. That is why we must help the poor and the needy, those who are needy because of illness or birth defects or because of the country in which they live. But many poor people have raised themselves up to become wealthy citizens when given the chance. But still that does not make us equal. We all come from different backgrounds, raised in different families and we all live in different places. We are trying to put a round peg into a square hole and it does not fit, nor will it ever fit. It is better to try to be the best person you can be, doing the job that you can do and that does not make you a better person or less of a person, it only makes you a human being and that is what makes us all equal.