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As long it doesn't harm anyone, then yes, everyone should be able to believe in what they want. Even though a world without religion would be better, not letting people have their own beliefs would be against free speech.
I'm all for religious liberty ... as long as I can have MINE also. Keep your religious liberty within your religion (whatever it is), follow the REST of the Constitution and nobody would have a problem here in the U.S.. Outside of the U.S., though, there would STILL be religious problems. The controllers MUST try to get control and work to get their "true god" as the ONLY god (whichever it is), as they have for centuries. I agree, we would be better without religions. If only the "coexist" movement could catch on, but, centuries have proven the religious would rather fight.
I'm all for religious liberty ... as long as I can have MINE also. Keep your religious liberty within your religion (whatever it is), follow the REST of the Constitution and nobody would have a problem here in the U.S.. Outside of the U.S., though, there would STILL be religious problems. The controllers MUST try to get control and work to get their "true god" as the ONLY god (whichever it is), as they have for centuries. I agree, we would be better without religions. If only the "coexist" movement could catch on, but, centuries have proven the religious would rather fight.
Al why might it be Progressives support Muslims and their religion
As the Constitution requires, I support ALL religions to the extent the Constitution requires. I also support the right to NO religion, as the Constitution requires. As long as a religion keeps to its own beliefs (those that are allowed under said Constitution), they have my blessing. Leave ME alone and I'll leave YOU (the religion), alone. Try to make ME live under YOUR rules (the religion ... whether Christian OR Muslim OR whatever), and we will likely clash. "COEXIST"!
Yes, ANY good progressive ... or OTHER real American ... supports Christianity, Islam, Judaism, atheism, etc. It's in the Constitution. Obviously, some rednecks don't believe in the Constitution OR REAL religious freedom ... so sorry. Find another country.
The Resident Idiot speaks and It is eat up with religion. No what you state you Brain Dead Idiot* is you don't like the Constitution. You have made that clear LMMFAO
That's "KNOW" what you state.... you brain dead idiot, and I'm talking about the U.S. Constitution (that I DO like) ... NOT the redneck one YOU go by.
Your ASS much be pretty well gone by now, you've been laughing it off for SOOOO long. Better be careful, I think it goes all the way to your HEAD .... which is obvious you've laughed off also.
As the Constitution requires, I support ALL religions to the extent the Constitution requires. I also support the right to NO religion, as the Constitution requires. As long as a religion keeps to its own beliefs (those that are allowed under said Constitution), they have my blessing. Leave ME alone and I'll leave YOU (the religion), alone. Try to make ME live under YOUR rules (the religion ... whether Christian OR Muslim OR whatever), and we will likely clash. "COEXIST"!
Yes, ANY good progressive ... or OTHER real American ... supports Christianity, Islam, Judaism, atheism, etc. It's in the Constitution. Obviously, some rednecks don't believe in the Constitution OR REAL religious freedom ... so sorry. Find another country.
Have you heard of the Bill of Rights you Old Progressive LMMFAO
Does it harm a child to brainwash them agsinst their own gender? And is it not the same logic, using some made up belief to make your child think this way, and not by letting them choose their beliefs?
What do you call this political correct brainwashing being perpetrated on our children by the Left?
Christians are not the ones trying to force everyone to tow the political correct mantra.
Maybe you missed where the Liberal courts forced every state to change their marriage laws. Liberals want to force every public school to allow so called transgender boys in our daughter's bathrooms.
BRAINWASHING? YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO SPEW LIES OF HOW CHRISTIANS ARE BRAINWASHING PEOPLE?
Oh, I forget. It is ok when you agree with the brainwashing.
Take biology once more and teach your children how our bodies are designed. Nah, that would not be politically correct to teach the obvious to your children.
No one is talking about mistreating Gay people or so called transgender people. But you will spew the same old left wing rhetoric of forcing Gay marriage as being an equal right.
Would you support so called equal rights for men to have 30 wives? Nah, that's not politically correct.
So that our opinions, actions and thoughts aren't changed/corrupted by superstition and blind faith. This is no offense to Christians or any other supporters of religion. But without religion, we wouldn't have done the Crusades, millions of people would have been spared from religiously incited genocide and war, and science and technology would be much further ahead than it is now. Religion has caused some good things, but this isn't much compared to the destruction and death that has been done in the name of god.
So that our opinions, actions and thoughts aren't changed/corrupted by superstition and blind faith
So you reject Marxism and the utopian fairytale of peaceful, safe open borders, everyone getting equal portions, no classes, and some mythological entity that can actually make this happen...
But without religion, we wouldn't have done the Crusades, millions of people would have been spared from religiously incited genocide and war
By this logic, without unbelief, 100 million would have been saved from Mao and Stalin. The Crusades were in defense against the Muslim conquests into Europe and all across the Middle East. Mao and Stalin simply butchered and slaughtered their own people for not falling in step.
science and technology would be much further ahead than it is now
Incorrect. Without freedom in the Western form that we know of, science would be way behind, and the West was built on the Christian model of how a culture should work. By far and away, most inventors in Western history were Christians.
Yes I will. Islam is a lot more backward-minded than Christianity, and even more outdated. I do not support Islam, I do not support Louis Farrakhan and your assumption that liberals support Islam is mostly false (some do, but not many).
Yes I will. Islam is a lot more backward-minded than Christianity, and even more outdated. I do not support Islam, I do not support Louis Farrakhan and your assumption that liberals support Islam is mostly false (some do, but not many).
Religion does not change or corrupt human nature. It expresses it.
While the justification would have to be different, genocide and war would still exist without religion because conflict is ultimately a negotiation of power between persons which will never be resolved to the satisfaction of all parties. Our psychology as a species is pro-social only in the limited sense necessary to form our nuclear communities, and it s given over just as easily to prejudice and hypocrisy when those suit our interests.
Your elevated idolism of Humanity (and it's child, Science) is not really all that different from the more traditional worship of god(s). Rather than acknowledge the hard truth of human nature, you fault theism as a corrupting influence (i.e. a devil) and praise the pure and virtuous Human (the new, material god)... as though religion were separate from human nature and not borne directly from it.
Stop being a bigot by lumping in Christianity with the likes of war loving Islam. The world would be a much better place if people were all Christians, but that will never happen so for a time we are left with false hate filled religions causing so many wars, as well as the immoral Godless ruining so many lives.
Now be a moron and talk about the crusades or other things thousands of years ago.
Haha bro, there's nothing wrong with what he said. He believe letting people believe what they want is just right, he respect that you believe in Christianity and he don't force anyone to believe the same thing as him and bro, what do you call to your speech? Filled with love now that you called him bigot and a moron? Christianity can also be the reason why people hate non-Christians you know
Really now ! So Progressives oppose the Christian faith yet you support the Religion of Islam ? Don't say that is not true because Al Gore's Internet will prove you wrong.
Have you ever been to Iran? Because I have. Nearly everyone I met there was an atheist. I have never seen a person persecuted for not being a Muslim. My girlfriend is from Tehran, she's an atheist. She doesn't observe Ramadan (she eats at home during that month); she doesn't pray; she doesn't go to Mosque. She has been married, and divorced. We are not married, but we hold hands in public. We have been able to buy books that criticise religion. She is the deputy-manager of a hotel and gives orders to men. Women can vote; women can own property; women can be in public without a male chaperone. And more crucially: women can walk home at night and by and large do so in considerably more safety than in the States or Arab nations.
Iranians are not Wahhabis, Salafis, or jihadists. None of the 9/11 hijackers were Iranian. They are not Sunni Muslims like the Arabs, they are mostly Shi'ia.
Iranians are against ISIS and against the Taliban and against Al Qaeda and against fundamentalism and against strict Sharia law. The most recent terrorist attack in Iran was carried out by ISIS, against Iranian civilians.
The second largest religion in Iran after Islam is Christianity. Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism are protected by law in Iran.
They have healthcare comparable to Western countries; they have one of the fastest growing economies in the world; and they are home to various international, American based businesses.
Persians are NOT the same as Arabs. Their cultures and attitudes are vastly different.
Legally, in most developed countries, religious liberty is an established right. In my personal opinion, religious liberty OUGHT to be an established right everywhere, because I personally feel religious liberty constitutes one of the moral rights of mankind.
That said, I'm not religious, and I am in fact an anti-theist. That is also MY right. And may the privileges of free-society allow us to determine which ideology -- religion or irreligion -- stands up to the scrutiny of debate.
Not inherently, no. It is a right only insofar as it is recognized by those who have the power to enforce the principle of the thing, and usually that means it is done with variable inequity.
"According to the FBI, 94% of terrorist attacks carried out in the United States from 1980 to 2005 have been by non-Muslims"
"There have been over one thousand terrorist attacks in Europe in the past five years. Take a guess at what percent of those terrorists were Muslim. Wrong, now guess again. It’s less than 2%."
Since 1970, there have been 140,000 terror attacks committed worldwide. Let's assume for a moment that ALL of those were by Muslims. That would STILL represent 0.00009% of all Muslims. In other words, it is more likely for you to be hit by lightning once in your lifetime than for a Muslim to make a terrorist attack in the same time period. On top of that, a toddler is more likely to be killed by a piece of furniture than by a terror attack from a Muslim, and an adult is more likely to be killed by a toddler than by a Muslim terror attack.
5 out of the past 12 Nobel Peace Prize winners have been Muslims
"Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that" -Martin Luther King Jr.
I've seen that Wikipedia article before and just like everything, it doesn't represent the whole issue. Give me statistics that PROVE that Muslims tend to be terrorists.
No, I don't like Wikipedia. I just used it for basic facts about Ellison.
A list of ONLY the terrorist attacks committed by Muslims misrepresents the fact that MOST TERRORIST ATTACKS DO NOT COME FROM MUSLIMS. That is a straightforward fact.
And I like Wikipedia for figuring who a person is (like Keith Ellison). By the way, you're really bad at debating. Just saying.
Yes it is a right. This is my life, and I have the right to serve any God I want, and I choose Yeshua. I find it hypocritical when you atheists deny religious liberty being a right then you turn around and force your atheism on Christians and other religious people. Hypocrite.
Kneejerk harder why don't you? I'm not an atheist, and I'm quite indifferent to what anyone else believes. Observing that 'rights' are merely an expression of preference backed by power does not mean I have any interest in denying those 'rights' to anyone.
