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Religious Freedom (Or Lack Thereof)
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RE: Religious Freedom (Or Lack Thereof)
Killman Wrote:I am going to be talking about America here, since I live in the shithole.

Just remember: it could always be worse ^_^

Quote:One of the biggest "Great" things that hardcore America fanboys will say to you and its always been said, that America has complete "Freedom to choose one's Religion." Now, I do believe that this is true, but only about 10% of it. Sure, we can choose are religious views without getting shot in the head every second, but that doesn't mean we are still doing the right thing, in the minds of society at least.

Well... freedom isn't about doing 'the right thing'... it is about not being restricted in the doing of a thing. Sleepy Iow: what society thinks matters not when it comes to freedom unless the society restricts it.

Quote:For example, have you ever seen the religious television networks around? Okay, they are able to discuss everything about there religion, since Christianity is the most popular religion here. Now, lets say that I try to make an athiest network. How long do you think that it would last??? Maybe a day. Probably less. This is true for any other religion that is not linked to Christianity.

Actually... this is untrue. It is simply less common, as there is more of a Christian audience in America Sleepy Now if you specifically were to make a network: I have no idea how long it would last... but Im quite sure what the network is about is unrelated to 'how long it would last' Sleepy

Quote:Its the same in the way that Christians are allowed to publicly advertise their religion or even put it in schools (Which isn't supposed to happen) but if you try to do that with any other religion or atheism or or whatever, you will not succeed.

I wouldn't say one cannot succeed... but one certainly would have a more difficult time. To contrast... say that you were intending to market a product to a civilization with a large amount of water. If you try to market anything that is not water, you are quite a bit more likely to be more successful than if you were to try to sell water Sleepy
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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Messages In This Thread
Religious Freedom (Or Lack Thereof) - by Killman - June 8, 2010 at 5:12 am
RE: Religious Freedom (Or Lack Thereof) - by Violet - June 8, 2010 at 5:47 am
RE: Religious Freedom (Or Lack Thereof) - by Violet - June 8, 2010 at 7:37 am
RE: Religious Freedom (Or Lack Thereof) - by ecolox - June 13, 2010 at 1:29 am
RE: Religious Freedom (Or Lack Thereof) - by tavarish - June 13, 2010 at 3:42 am
RE: Religious Freedom (Or Lack Thereof) - by Minimalist - June 13, 2010 at 1:14 pm

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