This means that people have the freedom to believe whatever stuff without evidence they want to believe, but they don’t have the freedom to restrict other people’s freedom based on their uncorroborated claims about invisible deities and imaginary afterlife scenarios. This also means that if a religion has a history of using unethical tactics to restrict people’s freedom, then that religion should be outlawed as being unconstitutional. It’s just that religion is such an impediment to progress I think we need to take a good look at freedom of religion and realize that a blanket law like this has many disadvantages for society. Religions with unethical and evil motives can hide behind freedom of religion and they can cry “Persecution!” when efforts are made to remove their evil from society. What do you think?
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Religion is just a big list of stuff you can't do and stuff your unnaturally obligated to do. What about that did you miss?
You have a very odd understanding of the Constitution. A church or any private entity can't be ruled unconstitutional. That deals with the government adopting or applying laws or the authority exercised by a branch of government.
That said, an individual or private entity can already be held legally accountable in both criminal and civil cases, but the intent is to punish those guilty of crimes or torts, not to outlaw a religion. You can't do that because it violates the same principle you're espousing.
If you want to be rid of religion, great (hey, I think the world would be better off without it as well), but it just cannot and should not be done through government compulsion.
I don't see how you'll ever get more than that without the risk of setting a precedent that could be used to persecute minorities. If you say that religious ideology is too harmful to be legally tolerated, then what's to stop a majority of one political ideology from outlawing its competitors on the grounds that it is an evil to society?
Plus, outlawing religion doesn't make religion go away, it just drives it underground. Look how religious Russia is becoming now that the pressure from the state has been lifted. Turns out people just kept their allegiance to the Eastern Orthodox beliefs a secret.
This is the ideal to me. The thing is that even if a religion does become banned there will still be followers. The religious tend to be a hardy bunch who won't give up their ideas because the state says to. Also I think that many religions would have to be banned, according to your prerequisites, straight out.
Take Christianity... the Bible states many things incompatible with a democratic state. For example, the anti-homosexuality aspects of the religion.
Take Islam... the laws of Allah are the only laws allowed. He is the law-maker, the judge. How can this be compatible when you have man-made laws that we have to live under, like the freedom of speech (even criticism of Islam). That is considered blasphemy in Islam.
So basically... good luck creating a realistic state that bans the two biggest religions in the world.
It sucks.All religions interfere with peoples' freedom.Are you the real Desiree?If so,when did you become a nazi?All religions have evil motives.
Mmmhmmm. I've seen too many religions bullying people. It makes me sad :(
Yup, that's the ticket.