Why is religious freedom more important today?

Question

I want to hear your views.

Answer 1

It always has been important. It's no more important today than it ever has been.

Answer 2

Because this world is more pluralistic than in generations past and we're aware of that plurality faster due to things like television and the internet. We can see faraway parts of the world and learn about other cultures in the blink of an eye.

In America, when the country was founded, it was just a handful of colonies who were essentially from the same countries, same race, same religion. They were fleeing religious persecution from their own religions. Now, over two hundred years later, America's much bigger with a lot more people coming here for those same freedoms.

The right to religious freedom isn't restricted to the Christian religions of our founding fathers. They guaranteed that freedom for everyone, even if they couldn't possibly foresee how far that freedom would reach. There are more people, more nationalities and religions here than ever before, so it's even more important now to safeguard that right.

If we don't, and we become a theocracy, all but 1% of the nation is going to have to either convert, leave, or risk being arrested or worse. I don't know about you, but I'd rather take an imperfect system and be able to improve upon it than fear for my life because I didn't convert to the religion my government told me to.

Answer 3

my opinion it has always been important. Today we have a war that is being depicted as based on religion so it is important from the stand point that it would be illegal to round up all the Muslims like they did to the Japanese Americans in WW2.

For Christians I believe it is not good to live where there is religious freedom. I was in Europe during the cold war. In hungary we had misionaries. The people there who were christians were like only a few Christians are here today. They would not have met secretly and had the extremely high moral and oneness were it legal. There you only became a Christian because you loved God and Jesus, because doing so was life threatening. Nobody became a christian to make their business more profitable or because their friends went to church. Persecution is good for the church so encourage all those atheists.

Answer 4

It is important in today's world because of the vast variety of cultures that now call the USA home. It is important to let people find their own way to enlightenment, without being pressured by the more dominant religions (which happens anyways). And then there is that small little thing we had to go through way back when, that if you disagreed with the "Church" you were burned or stoned to death. I think it is important that this does not happen in the US anymore and would like to think that it is because we have matured as a society. You'd think we have grown, but I am skeptical as the same thing happens behind closed doors so that instead of physical harm (most of time because there are always extremists who think they are above the law), mental harm is inflicted. So have we grown, or have we digressed...that is true question behind the supposed freedom of religion declaration.

Answer 5

I don't think it's ever been more important. Too bad so many Americans believe we have "too much" free speech--all we need to do is look at places like North Korea to see what a lack of freedom is really like. Check out the first link below for a blog entry I wrote recently about the importance of protecting free speech and freedom of religion.

Answer 6

Religious Freedom is the canary in the mineshaft, it detects those who would trample ALL our freedoms, such as Islamists. No other modern form of government but Communists and Islamists care what religion anybody is, and both seek to control not only the body but also the mind of it's subjects.
It was Protestants who invented the Idea of Individual Religious Freedom, as opposed to princes or priests determining the content of our minds.
The other freedoms are corollaries of this central theorem, that we are free to think what we like: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Assembly, are all owed to Freedom of Religion.

Answer 7

I don't believe it is more important now than it was before. The difference is we now have the freedom to voice our opinions, speak freely about our religions and practice any religion we choose. It is not a matter of religious freedom. It is a matter of personal freedom. People want the right to make their own decisions and not have it dictated to them.

Answer 8

What religious freedom. You can't even talk about your religion in school or any State building in America. Once God is taken out of the picture in the US it will be like the fall of the Roman empire. Don't let it happen folks Go to www.stephen-knapp.com for the united relief network and universal truths

Answer 9

DECEPTION !! Satan works through deception..freedom of everything ..freedom is good when purpose is good / godly..otherwise , freedom in a sense against God's will ,it is deception ...a sin ...America leads the world in ensuring freedom of religion ...when the whole world rests in trust , then enforcement of religions occur as in the prophecy of Revelation 13....the enforcement of the 666 is none other but the opposite of religious freedom ..and who leads this time ? America !!! Deception today ? ...God Bless

Answer 10

More people are standing up for their personal beliefs. And we're finding that more and more people do not share the same views as mainstream religions.

Answer 11

all freedom is more important today to guard our rights as human beings. We must protect our society