Do people have intrinsic value #3

In my first and second article I have shown that both the religious and the ire-religious are enslaved to a list of rules and strictures that they must comply with in order for to achieve self-validation or a sense of worthiness. I have mentioned that those who do not live up to these standards are full of self-loathing, guilt, and shame some even lose the will to live. On the other hand those who feel they live up to their standards (though none do perfectly) have an inflated sense of ego and look down their noses at those who fail to meet their performance level. Both those who fail, or those who believe they succeed live lives that are less than desirable. The one group are depressed the other are full of pride. Are people truly valuable outside of achievements and personnel success? America's bill of rights seems to think so. I am not writing this to say that we should not live by standards or that we should not have goals; what I am saying though is that to base our importance as human being on these things is to base it on an unstable foundation. There are many who cannot perform any task without help and there are those who through no fault of their own have failed to be successful you could be one of them for no one knows the future. In my next post I will try to show you why humanity has dignity and value outside of our ability to perform.