2006-12-14 04:15:41 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How other people worship is of no concern to me, SOL. I just want to maintain my freedom from having to go to church.
2006-12-14 04:26:24 · update #1
This is a trick question, right? Because technically that's impossible. In any freedom you also have the freedom to say no.
2006-12-14 04:18:51 · answer #1 · answered by Thinx 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
One cannot have freedom of religion without having freedom from religion. People don't seem to understand what this means... you are free to be a Christian because the government does not mandate or suggest that you be a Muslim. You are free to be an atheist/agnostic/freethinker because the government (SHOULDN'T, anyway...) does not require you to be Christian.
...okay, maybe that last sentence was wishful thinking.
*sob*
2006-12-14 04:22:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting. In the Soviet Union, religioius freedom was in the Constitution. But it was interpreted to mean "freedom from religion" rather than "freedom of religion". So you had the Gulag archipielago. You also had an empire that didn't work. You had no intellectual freedom either.
2006-12-14 04:26:42 · answer #3 · answered by Mr Ed 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Heh hee...anyhow, I personally love to go to church. I have met people who were harassed if they wanted to go to church, and that made me very grateful that I am living in a country that allows freedom of religion.
I am not into religion, for me it is more like a personal relationship with Lord. Ohh, do I need Him, YES!
2006-12-15 07:52:55 · answer #4 · answered by SeeTheLight 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is you fool! Or what do you want to take away the freedom of expressing your religion/belief/or non belief to other people? Is that what you really what?
*Edit* Where do you live? If you live in the U.S., Australia, U.K. you do have this right! So I don't know what you talking about...
Oh, & just in case you think I'm reprsenting somebody else, I'm an atheist...
2006-12-14 04:25:00 · answer #5 · answered by *~SoL~ * Pashaa del Ñuñcaa. 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's like this....I'm Jewish. It doesn't bother me one bit to see churches on seemingly every street corner (I live in the south) and mosques popping up here and there. Likewise, it doesn't bother me at all to deal with people who are completely non-religious.
Simple respect and communication is what is needed here. Respect the choices of others and learn when and where it is appropriate to discuss the difference...an mostly when to keep quiet.
It's worked fairly well until anti-religious, anti-family, pro-homosexual, secularists started finding offense with anything and everything.
2006-12-14 04:24:27 · answer #6 · answered by mzJakes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The US Constitution and the UN Declaration on human rights guarantees the freedom of religion and the free expression thereof. Why are you against the constitution and human rights?
2006-12-14 04:19:03 · answer #7 · answered by TubeDude 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
This is just word play my dear.
The issue is actually freedom of choice.
Suggest you apply this right to yourself and support it for everyone else.
This should resolve your current problems anyway.
2006-12-14 06:42:23 · answer #8 · answered by thetaalways 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You forgot to add in your question: "or freedom from government laws."
2006-12-14 04:19:03 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You Can't. Not even God forces Himself on people who refuse to acknowledge Him. And of course, neither should we.
2006-12-14 04:25:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋