That's a legitimate perspective. Historically, you could argue that the Enlightenment's doctrine of human rights is steeped in English Protestant Christianity.
But my perspective is this: Jesus never talked about rights or freedoms. He didn't talk politics at all. He was nothing more than a sandal-wearing peasant from Roman Judea, who urged his followers to abandon worldly possessions and join the cult. All of this "rights" talk came from the Enlightenment, with ideological roots in Greece and Rome (I'm thinking Aristotle, Cicero, Seneca, etc.).
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