Catholicism is filled with all kinds of meaningless, unchristian man made rules. We can agree on that.
No, freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion. The Bill of Rights is very clear:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"
Christianity is a faith of hope and love but also a faith of righteousness. It's not at all about finding your own path but of service to God by serving people.
@nobyeni nice article. It's a good thing you put your opinion out there trying to be free of bias at the same time but I consider the above statement a far cry from being respectful of other people's beliefs or religion.
@barncat would you please point out to me in the post above where @nobyeni mentions Catholicism? If there's none then why call out the Catholic church?
Really, I find your opening sentence quite prejudiced and uncalled for.
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Thanks for sharing your view. I love this world where we can communicate views that don't per
se agree with each other, but which still respect each other and leave everyone to believe their own truth.
With 'freedom from religion' I mean the freedom from specific definitions of what religion means or should mean.
That means freedom from religion deciding to determine what is 'the right way of understanding religion' and what is the wrong understanding of religion. Religion only becomes a source of strive when it claims truth over others. And as soon as it becomes a source of strive, it is no longer religion.
In my experience and opinion.
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