(March 10, 2010 at 3:30 pm)Saerules Wrote:(March 10, 2010 at 2:23 pm)Tiberius Wrote: *facepalm*
I was going to respond, but then I realised your post contained so much fail I was compelled to simply ban you. I've had enough of your trolling.
About bloody time...
Of course... that last post of him was amazing... simply and truly amazing... 0.o
Tavariah Wrote:Take Norway as an example. People are free to proselytize and practice anything they want. Yet they have an overwhelmingly atheist population. Having a secular society means the state doesn't favor one group over another. Representation is key. Keeping it to yourself doesn't mean not telling anyone, just not imposing on others' lives and rights.
I included all beliefs. It is not possible to not 'impose?' our beliefs on others if we are in a situation where said belief has an effect. Example being: It is my belief that blue is a nice color for the curtains at the event. I thus decide to buy blue curtains for the event. I have just done something because of my belief (that blue is a nice color)... and that while not necessarily 'bad' should be able to be questioned. Take now instead that I am not invited to the event, but i still have to buy the curtains for it. I choose blue because I think it is the ugliest color of curtain I can find. I have just done something because of my belief (that blue is an ugly color)... and while it is not necessarily 'bad' should be able to be questioned.
You cannot have a belief in a situation where it applies and it not make an 'impact' upon the situation in some way.
I'm talking about mainly religious beliefs and faith. While buying blue curtains can be inconvenient for some, it isn't impeding anyone from buying curtains of a different color. I'd take your example further - if blue curtains were outlawed because a certain group found them distasteful. An outright ban on blue curtains because it was written in a holy book that they were in some way detrimental to society.
I wholeheartedly agree that this should be questioned, and it's important to acknowledge that inconveniencing someone isn't imposing on their rights. Disallowing someone to perform an action on the sole grounds that it is religiously offensive is an inhibition of rights.