Hear how an objective basis for common law, and a belief in the rights and freedoms of common people came about in Geneva – affecting Europe so much that Calvin is widely recognised as the most influential thinker in the shaping of modern life in Europe!

Hear how these same freedoms became established in Scotland, resulting in confidence coming even to the commoners to stand up boldly vocally against the tyranny of powerful leaders!

Discover what the battle now celebrated as ‘Independence Day’ in America was about – while noting that this positioned them as plausibly as the most free nation, and certainly as the most generous nation, in all of human history!

Hear how a radical Christian belief in human value, and therefore of equality and of human rights, enabled a Treaty that would never have been proposed or offered otherwise.

Hear where and when the idea of religious freedom was first agreed upon in New Zealand, and exactly where these freedoms are enshrined in law here today.

Hear about the unexpected topic of this first Parliamentary debate, to consider how they understood the connection of Christian religion to our values – with the comparative silence on this matter today in view.

Hear the conclusion of an in depth study that sought to discover what led a culture to eventually embrace democratic freedoms – as contrasted with the many nations that do not.

Hear something of the origins of the values found in this widely accepted declaration, as well as of the existence of alternative declarations from people who know this.

See again how, without a basis for believing in individual human rights, those rights invariably become diminished, and then discarded by the common people.

Consider the values that are necessary to constrain capitalistic freedoms – which enable the wealth of a society, from the greed that otherwise takes over, leading to a failure in the system, and a loss of prosperity for all.