>>513107731
you're so close to getting it.
if there's no higher authority, no God, no sacred order, then yes, "rights" are just whatever the powerful enforce.
that's not an argument against religion, it's the inevitable conclusion of your materialism.

you call it a "cope," but what's your alternative? a world where morality is just the strong imposing their will on the weak? where "justice" is a euphemism for "whatever the current regime allows?"
that's not realism, it's a surrender to nihilism with extra steps.

at least religion dares to say some things are truly wrong, not just inconvenient. strip that away and all you're left with is "might makes right" in a universe that doesn't give a shit. if that's your idea of enlightenment, no wonder modernity feels so hollow.