2006-10-30 00:30:09 · 27 answers · asked by techeroflogic 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Atheists believe there is no God, but they can't prove it, so that makes it a faith-based belief, and that is a religion.
The question infers rights of a citizen, and in the USA each person has that right.
2006-10-30 00:58:56 · answer #1 · answered by Born Again Christian 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know what anyone else might say, but to me religious freedom means you can believe in anything you want. And if it doesn't it should. Why shouold we all be required to follow the same religion? To me it makes no sense. I recently started looking into Wicca. So far it seems to be the only religion that allows me to have my beliefs. And they believe that other religions exist and that each person has the right to choose what they believe in, with out fear of persecution from others.
There is one person on here that said Atheist is not a religion, my question would be, why isn't it? Who has the right to say that it is not a religion?
Good luck on your journey.
Blessed Be.
2006-10-30 01:18:15 · answer #2 · answered by Annette 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yup, it does. Religious freedom means the right to worship as we please. In the case of an atheist, that means they have the right to not worship at all. You can't have belief without disbelief, so for all those who have the right to worship their beliefs, there's just as much of a right for an atheist to not worship in their disbelief.
If religious freedom meant that one must be religious to have such freedom, then atheists, having no religion or belief in any deity at all, well, they wouldn't have that right. And if they didn't have the right to religious freedom, then they could be forced to become religious. Then EVERYBODY would be religious and there wouldn't be any atheists left and, well, heh, the question becomes pointless.
Frankly, I don't see that happening anytime soon.
2006-10-30 07:47:50 · answer #3 · answered by Ophelia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedom implies the right to be an Atheist, religious freedom is the right to worship as one chooses. If you are an atheist, you do not worship.
2006-10-30 00:48:29 · answer #4 · answered by ImMappam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religious freedom is an oxymoron. The bill of rights gives us a right to worship or not to worship God, gods, self, dogs, cats, etc. We have freedom of religion which means that we get to choose. You have a right to believe what you want, but take note, this right does not include to be free of religion. It is all around you in every shape and form.
2006-10-30 01:03:56 · answer #5 · answered by newcovenant0 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If by "religious freedom" you mean the same as that in the Bill of Rights, yes. This freedom was born of the Founders belief in the "freedom conscience", that is, that citizens have the right to believe as they choose, free of coercion by the government or their fellow citizens.
2006-10-30 00:36:12 · answer #6 · answered by donniederfrank 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, that was the whole point of the separation of church and state, freedom of religion, freedom from religion.
It's no good offering freedom, but only to choose between equally repugnant options (to an atheist)
2006-10-30 00:33:49 · answer #7 · answered by wimbledon andy 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
techeroflogic,
Yes it does. And anyone, in the jurisdiction of that country that practices religious freedom, has the right to believe whatever it is they wish to believe in. That covers the Satanists, to the Amish. And any Atheist.
2006-10-30 00:44:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religious freedom is what you believe and practice. I believe someone has the right to be an atheist, but I don't agree with them.
2006-10-30 00:33:34 · answer #9 · answered by RB 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, Freedom of religion, freedom FROM religion. It is implied.
2006-10-30 00:32:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋