Religious Liberty At Risk...?

[KevinG]

A) I resent being asked to agree with a predetermined political position in a survey in order to be considered moral.

B) I am a mean narrow minded bigot who resorts to Ad Hominem attacks whenever my world view is challenged.

If you pick A you will be branded a homophobic, racist bigot.

If you pick B you will have already admitted to being a homophobic, racist bigot.

[thesometimesaint]

cinepro:

We have no religious exception to paying taxes.

[DavidB]

It appears no one can articulate that their religious liberty at risk.

[caudicus]

Practicing polgyny between consenting adults has been denied the Mormon Church for a long time, now. That is religious liberty that has been taken away and continues to be banned, legally. It is unconstitutional, in my godless opinion.

People are allowed to burn all the Bibles and American flags all they want, but start a Quran burning, and it is an international incident. That is religiuos superiority, because Muslims are allowed to censor other religions but other religions are not even allowed to criticize them without them murdering people over it.

Despite the fact that same sex marriage has been practiced by Christianity in the past (http://anthropologis...cc=1&fwcl=1), different denominations consider that an invalid rite because of their religious belief, and they wish to impose their religious belief on those of different faiths. That is an attempt at religious superiority.

I'll be the first to criticize nearly any religion, but I'll be the last to ban anything religious. Education is the answer. If every Muslim knew that Islam is really a derivation of Hanifism, the fasting and prayers came from the Sabaens, as well as the contributions of the Sufists and others, and even that the earliest versions of the Quran show differentiation from the currently held text, they wouldn't be so vitriolic about it. If every Christian and Jew knew that most atheists have a pretty good reason for believing that the Israelites were never actually enslaved, as an entire race, in Egypt, but instead rose from the local populace of the region, then maybe they'd chill out a bit and not be so forceful with trying to push their beliefs onto others.

If everyone would stop persecuting others and, instead, try to understand the cultural origins of each behavior and belief, we'd get a lot farther in civil debate.

Edited September 7, 2012 by caudicus

[TAO]

Daniel2, what is a threat to religious liberty and what is not a threat to religious liberty is largely a matter of opinion. That's why the poll can't be asserted as authoritative.