(November 18, 2012 at 4:34 pm)Tiberius Wrote: Freedom of thought is important. Freedom to express one's thoughts (freedom of speech) is equally as important. In this regard, freedom of religion is the same as freedom of speech.
But in the case of religion, it isn't like this:
"These are my beliefs."
It's more like:
"This is fact. Because this is fact, here are some things you will now implement into your life. Pound this fact into your head or else we, your religious family, will hate you. Also, you'll burn in hell for all eternity, otherwise.