re: If you believe your rights come from God then you are a Christian Nationalist

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So, you need an explanation as to why or from whom you need to protect the things you hold dear?

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It's helpful to have a rational defense of that, otherwise it's merely opinion.

Within a Christian worldview, rights are based on God's decree. Humans have rights because God says we do, since we are made in His image and have inherent value and worth with rights that should be respected and upheld or else judgement will fall on those who abuse other image-bearers by God, Himself.

If God is not the basis of human rights, then what is? Without an objective standard to appeal to, all you're left with is subjective standards that can vary from individual to individual, or from society to society, or from generation to generation. The right to life exists only if a particular society at a particular time says it does, in this scenario.

So if you reject God, you reject the foundation for inherent, unchangeable, and inalienable rights. If rights come from the minds of men, then the minds of men can take them away. The minds of men can also create any sort of "right" they desire.

So while you don't need God to have rights, you need God to make rights meaningful in a real sense.