2007-03-22 16:35:05 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Freedom of religion to me means having the right to believe and worship as I see fit without infringing on the rights of others. I also believe it means to have freedom from religion if one chooses.
2007-03-22 16:39:55 · answer #1 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The opposite of what "officially atheist" China is doing to the Catholics there. The real Catholics there have to worship underground or be persecuted (i.e. put in jail or worse).
Also, the opposite of what Stalin and Hitler did to the Catholics and Jews.
In other words, freedom to worship God without government interference or persecution.
You did get it right the way you phrased your question, "freedom OF religion."
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2007-03-22 23:40:08 · answer #2 · answered by Life 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Freedom of religion incorparates several concepts:
1. The government can not tell me what to believe, where to worship, how to pray, or what god(s) to pray to.
2. Religious leaders can not use their influence to make the govenrment an instrument of their own religion.
3. Followers of one faith should not force their views on followers of another faith. Conversion from one faith to another should be of one's own free will. As the Koran puts it, "There is no compulsion in religion".
4. Freedom of religion should also mean freedom from religion: people of faith should not force their faith onto agnostics, atheists, deists, or pantheists.
5. Atheists, agnostics, deists, and pantheists should not force their views onto people of faith either.
2007-03-22 23:49:12 · answer #3 · answered by Cacaoatl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would define is as an oxymoron. Freedom of rational thought is shunned by the religious.
2007-03-22 23:40:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Freedom of Religion
by Sean
I don't believe in God but joined the military and volunteered to go to Iraq but was denied because I had top secret clearance and needed to go to the war room but was willing to go and fight and possibly die while prefering not to die, knowing that there would be people at home in America chooseing to go to a church.
While Iraq isn't necessarily a good example of a war defending America's freedom of religion, it was the only war at the time I was able to volunteer for, and get denied for.
I don't believe in God, but even thou I don't believe in God, I felt it important to fight and even die for the ideal that my country allows people to choose to go or not go to church.
2007-03-22 23:39:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedom OF we are overrun with.
Freedom FROM is of more concern to me.
Never, ever should any laws be debated by bringing in any religious aspect of any kind.
Never should religion or superstitious religious symbols appear in any government-funded capacity.
2007-03-22 23:42:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Freedom of religion = A false sense of reality. Sad but true. :(
2007-03-22 23:56:45 · answer #7 · answered by boo kitty 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
freedom from religion
2007-03-22 23:39:29 · answer #8 · answered by kevin k 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being able to worship the way I choose and what or who I choose. It also means not having to have a religion if that is what you choose
2007-03-22 23:38:53 · answer #9 · answered by Purdey EP 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can own and read the Bible, I can go to church without worrying about the building being blown up, and I can tell people that I am a Christian without fear of being murdered.
2007-03-22 23:39:30 · answer #10 · answered by No Shortage 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋