What are your feelings on freedom from/of religion?

Question

Please help! I need views of people of different religions for a class project. Please leave a name and your religion with your answers to:
1. How do you feel about those who choose the path of freedom from religion? (Would you feel the desire to teach them about your religion in hopes to convert them?)
2. Some people may believe that missionaries invade on an individual’s right of freedom from/of religion. Do you agree or disagree and why?
3. Do you believe that your religion is the only correct one and that all others are wrong?
4. Do you believe your God is the one and only God for all people?
5. What do you think of the idea that there may be different religions and different Gods for different people?
6. Bottom line is… most people think that they have chosen the correct religious path in believing what they believe, so should we all just leave it alone and tolerate each others’ different views on religion? (By this, would you be disregarding religious duties in any way?

Answer 1

1. However, I feel that if people choose a path of non-belief, that's their business. If they wish to learn about my religion, I will be glad to speak with them; however, I do not believe in forcing my religious beliefs on others.

2. It would depend upon how the missionaries operated. Many these days are moving toward a path of being goodwill ambassadors and helping in foreign countries in times of disaster. Helping others should not be discouraged, but again, one should not aggressively force his or her beliefs upon others.

3. I believe that my religion is the right one for me personally, but others may disagree and choose another path, and that is their personal right.

4. I believe that people worship a wide array of deities, including my own.

5. My church teaches against such a notion, but personally, this is something I've been contemplating. I haven't reached a final conclusion, so my jury's still out, so to speak.

6. Tolerance is hugely important. It is not a violation of my religious principles to extend courtesy toward others who believe differently than I do.

As for my own religion, I'm Roman Catholic.

Answer 2

Hello my name is Lynn and I am a Wicccan
1. I believe that if they feel that they would do better going their own way, more power to them. Converting someone is just a way to say i am better than you. I am not any better than anyone else and my religion is my own. If the want to know about my religion all they have to do is ask, I do not volunteer info.

2 In a way, I do agree. Missionaries find the people who need the help the most and tell them that if they convert to their religion, that god will help them. But some are only out their to help, so they can do good if they want.

3 No, my goddess gave everyone free will to find their own path.

4 No, once again, because all religion basically came form the same place.

5 If it makes you feel better and able to sleep at night, far be it form me to tell you otherwise. Though the idiots that picket the soldiers funerals need to get a life.

6 Yes, everyone should be free to choose what ever religion they want. No this does not affect the way I woreship.

Answer 3

1. The fact that I live in America is great because it means that we are always guaranteed a choice. I feel that people who choose not to follow an organized religion (or no religion at all) are executing that freedom and that there is nothing wrong with it.

2. I do believe this to be true. Missionaries are an awful thing because all they do is go to a foreign territory and tell people there how they're religion is all backwards. It is not my or anyone else's business to do that to people.

3. No, my religion (Judaism) is one of many that can lead people to G-d. It doesn't matter what religion people follow, so long as they lead a good life.

4. In a way, yes. But I do not feel that he is just limited to Judaism. His teachings can apply to everyone, and they do. Just because I am Jewish, does not mean that I solely look at him as a Jewish G-d and nothing else. He can be a christian, muslim, or hindu G-d.

5. That's fine, so long as people live morally good lives and do not try to prove to others that their religion is the only one.

6. Yes, and no I would not because Judaism does not teach that all must follow Judaism.

Answer 4

Brent - no religion.
1. They are smarter than average, and probably know more about most religions than the followers.
2. Missionaries are con artists, selling afterlife insurance to those too ignorant to see through the sales pitch. People should be protected from them just like con artists go to jail for fraud.
3. No religion - and I think all religions, in fact, anything based on faith, is wrong.
4. I don't believe in any of the gods humanity has invented, and I think we'd all be better off without them.
5. Reality is reality. Different people invented different gods based on their circumstances and psychology - all are make believe.
6. Only if all agreed to do this. For example, if churches paid tax just like any other business, if no laws were based on religious beliefs, if religious people stopped bothering everyone about their imaginary friends, and stopped killing people over whose is better.

Answer 5

1) I am an agnostic/atheist, so I myself have chosen freedom from religion and am pleased to see others do so. While I advocate for my position, I do not try to convert people who have religion.
2) Anyone can advocate for their position. People are free to try to convert me, I have the choice to agree with them or not. If they persist when I tell them I don't want to hear it then they are pests but they are not interfering with my religious rights by privately expressing their religious views.
3) I think that my lack of religion is probably right. There's merit to some things religious people believe and I can't say for sure that they are wrong.
4) I don't have a God, so this is not applicable. Others are free to believe in a God if they want and I wouldn't ban it.
5) while people might draw guidance from different religions, I don't think that their belief in a god makes that god real for them.
6) No. I do not believe so. I believe in the free marketplace of ideas and think that everyone should freely discuss what they believe. This doesn't mean forcing others to believe, or using the government to teach your views, but private expression of, and argument for, your beliefs is a good thing. I prefer it when others challenge my views, it causes me to research and think about them more.

Answer 6

1. It is fine. Live and let live. No, I will not try to convert anyone.

2. I tend to disagree. Missionaries usually go to places where people have never heard about religion.

3. I do not worry about any other religions. Mine is right for me. I believe it is the truth, but others who adhere to a different religion think theirs is the truth.

4. I believe my God is real and is the true God. As in #3, other people think differently.

5. I think that's cool; live and let live.

6. I see myself as living like a good person and trying to be Christlike. I will tell people I am a Christian; if they see something in my life they like and want to know more, they can ask.

"They will know we are Christians by our love."

Answer 7

1. freedom of religion is great--i am free
i have no hopes of converting anyone to be agnostic-i just want people to see some truth in the fact that religion attempts to answer questions but fails
2. yes they invade my freedom if they just keep talking after ive already said i dont want to hear it--it is intrusive
3. no but i believe i see the truth in the fact that answers are not available to us through any logical explanations
and that many people are blind to that fact by choice.
4. i am agnostic
5. that is fine for whoever chooses to believe that
6. of course tolerance is needed for any differences in each others beliefs--not just in religion
My name is Sandra

Answer 8

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a blessing from Allah. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of the blessings and mercy of Allah SWT that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Answer 9

Chapter 2 of Quran tells us right away if we desicrate or ignore anything the lord brought before this book, we have insulted ourselves terribly
People are given choice to do whatever they like, and that is how it should be.. if asked tell them what you feel is best and your best knowledge but you are not responsible for anyone on this earth unless you took their life without cause of defence and in error. You die with your sins and your good deeds and your good deeds never are removed no matter what religion you are.