Should people be entitled to freedom FROM religion ?

Answer 1

The Constitution should be so amended

Answer 2

That's kinda like asking if people should be entitled to freedom from the basic laws of nature. You can't really avoid it all together, though you may take steps to, however, it will always be there.

Of course, there are certain aspects of life that dictate religion be left at the door - like government. In certain situations we should have a freedom from religion, but not in general.

Answer 3

Everyone has free will and yes they are entitled to "freedom from religion" if this is what they want it is there God given right.

Answer 4

Depends.

If you mean freedom from being forced into a religion, absolutely.

If you mean freedom from being harrassed or badgered about religion, absolutely.

If you mean not having any mention of it in your life, no. Life is too complicated to exclude an important area of many people's lives from. It infulences too many things. Besides, It is the right of others to speak freely about religion (without badgering or being persistantly irritating of course).

Regards

Answer 5

Yes, while at the same time, being given the freedom to practice any religion, providing it doesn't infringe on the freedom from.

Answer 6

Yes. The idea of a country run by the RRR(Radical Religous Right) frankly scares the hell out of me. I firmly believe that everyone should be allowed to worship or not as they see fit and hold to whatever beliefs give them strength and comfort. Religion is IMO, a very personal thing and NOT something to be pushed on others.

Answer 7

A "freedom to" always tacitly includes a "freedom from".

The freedom to vote means a freedom to abstain from voting.
The freedom to speak entails the right to remain silent.

In return for my recognizing your right to practice your religion, you should respect my right to practice my religion--even if that means no religion at all.

Answer 8

Yes, in the way that I should not have to deal with other people's beliefs. I should not have to pay for it, I should not have to listen to it, and I should not have my child (if ever i have one) be indoctrinated with someone else's religion.

These same freedoms should be available to everyone, no matter what crazy things they believe.

Answer 9

Like freedom from cig smoke? Another good question, but hard to define.

I might put it another way..."ARE THERE LIMITS TO THE DOCTRINE OF FREEDOM OF RELIGION".

Answer: Yes...and well...those neat people from the "religion of peace" illustrate the exception.

Answer 10

They should not be "free" from sound principles that are incorporated into our law that happen to be based upon and coinicide with religious principles.

For example, they should not be free to murder or steal. Those are the most obvious examples, but there are others.

Also, people are entitled to exercise their Freedom of Speech to shout loudly that those religious principles should be incorporated into law, in order to constrain those who would otherwise cause harm to others or to the well-being of the United States.

What are you worried about, specifically, or what do you feel you're not free from that you should be free from, as far as the existing law goes?

Answer 11

Well, it depends on how you mean that.

If you mean freedom to have no belief in God(s) at all, then yes, most definitely. You can't have belief without disbelief, so people don't necessarily have to be religious, nor should they have to be.

But if you mean that people have to keep speaking about their faith in order to keep from offending those near them that might be atheist or agnostic, then no. Religious folks need to understand that not everyone shares their faith or even believes and those of us who aren't religious don't need to be so sensitive that we're offended by the mere sight of a church.

Belief and disbelief are opposing twins of thought. Can't have one without the other, so we just gotta accept and respect that.