Are we all truly equal?

no they are not being treated equally they'll see their religion and status i guess its impossible to see all the people treated equally......:(

we are all equally have the rights to live and to choose how to live. having born or living in different status of community doesn't implies the equality of human being. i think your first question is not appropriate to the following sentences which you gave an example of differences of rich and poor, healthy and not.

we are all equal in the sense that we all age and die...STOP thinking further, say, but some are taken early, others live long lives...sigh...the never ending arguments continue and that was just one of many..

Having read all the responses, all I can say is I agree with everyone. We are equal and we are not equal. We are not equal in the sense that we don't begin our lives on the same level, and don't have equal opportunities. We are equal fundamentally just because we exist. I think that when a human is born he naturally acquires all the rights, as excellently laid down in the American Constitution. Whether he gets to exercise those rights rather depends on the sort of government his country has. And I feel sure I'm right in saying that in no country has there, or is there, a government who allows its people to have all the freedoms that allow people to be equal as far as their rights are concerned. I cry for the world as it is, and for human life. As far as rights are concerned, the wealthy, the privileged, the middle classes and poor are not permitted to practice them all over the world.

Never,....never. Never it was possible, never it will be possible. It is only either the fool's conception or idea of most intellectuals. There may have some possibilities for equality before equals. You may go through my discussion that I have opened.

By dignity, yes we are equal. In the eyes of our creator, we are all His masterpieces. But we are born unique, different from each other. Even identical twins differ from each other.

For me the phrase means that ideally we have the same rights no matter what our status is. When we turn 18 in the United States we can all vote in elections (unless we were convicted of a felony - I hear there is a movement to have that repealed.) If we are accused of committing a crime we have right to legal counsel and a trial by jury. Now there is the argument that the rich can afford better attorneys, and that the free ones have more a tendency to plea bargain, where one pleads guilty to a lesser charge. That would infuriate me if I did not do the original crime, and I hear it happens all the time. But a solution to that problem, I cannot think of one. Now there is another way to look at the phrase, that every one is equal, and that is up to the individual. That is you treat every human being equally, rich and poor, old and young, sick and healthy. That may be too much of an ideal that cannot be done, though, unless you are a little child before all that nasty judgmental stuff starts creeping in.

it depends what you mean by equal. equal in value, most certainly yes. but due to circumstances we do not have equal opportunities open to us in life. but a rich person is not better or more important than a poor person. the queen is no better than I am. I am not better than a black person. I am worth no more than someone with a crippling disease. all souls are equal in value.

We are equal that we are all humans, we are equal to that we all make mistakes, we are all equal we are all different. We are equals that we are all different, don't you think so? I think this will depend on how equality is used in the sentence.

but i believe they are equally miserable at some point and are treated equally in human values, if not then they are living a lie and are miserable their whole life, this life in a way is balanced between materialistic and spiritual needs and any kinda imbalance leads to equal loss and pain stuff so i might not be clear enough but what i'm trying to say is every kinda living has its pro's and cons ^-^

no, we are not equals. equality is impossible since we have different dna. some are stupid (maybe worse) some are very smart the rest of us we are between these lines but even for the rest of us the start moment is very important, is important where are you born, in a rich family, in a poor country, some are ugly ... Maybe the society is build on wrong principles but unfortunately we can't change this fact