(August 18, 2018 at 2:08 pm)Fireball Wrote:(August 18, 2018 at 11:43 am)robvalue Wrote: Religious beliefs certainly don't have to make sense, or be grounded in anything, even books that are supposedly part of the religion. In fact, since a religious belief can be literally anything, I don't know what the word "religious" really adds to it. It's just telling someone that it's a belief that you're never willing to change, or that you think you've been instructed to follow by some grand judge.
I don't see why a religious belief and any regular belief should be treated any differently under the law, in that sense. If I believe wearing a potato sack with holes cut into it is a good way to protect myself from Russian spies, the law should protect me just as much as someone wearing a "religious" face veil; or protect neither.
I struggle to understand the relevance of religion in the law at all, to this end. If I'm allowed to do whatever crazy religious ritual I want as long as I'm not inconveniencing anyone else, then I should be able to do it just because I feel like it, as well.
[notes many potato sacks] You making vodka, Comrade?
As for your post, well said!
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I'm trying to think of some sort of example where it matters, from a legal point of view, that I'm exercising my religious freedom rather than just my freedom in general. Any ideas?
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