Re: 25 Classic Books That Have Been Banned

On 31/05/2025 02:06, Peter Fairbrother wrote:

On 30/05/2025 17:05, Paul S Person wrote:
 

"Freedom from religion" is a dogma of one or another of the religions
that deny their own nature.

 I don't really understand that, but I think it's freedom _of_ religion, in the Constitution.  However, at least to some extent, one implies the other.
 Take the Supreme Court decision on abortion as an example. Perhaps those judges with strong religious views in the subject should have recused themselves.

That's a door we probably didn't want opened, but maybe if we tread lightly...?

 The rest of us * now have to comply with their religion. Is that not forced participation?

Is it your contention that all atheists are in favour of abortion?
(To be clear, I am not arguing either way on Roe vs Wade, although obviously I have my own view. I'm trying to ascertain whether you think opposing abortion /necessarily/ marks you as religious? Are atheists unanimous in supporting abortion? Is there a form they have to sign? A subscription, maybe? Or an oath?)

IMO you can't have freedom of religion without freedom from religion.

Certainly true.
We should be allowed to believe what we like, but that doesn't mean we should be allowed to *do* what we like. Your religion doesn't trump anyone else's beliefs. "The Lord actually talks to me, you know, and he said to me ‘Get me $18 million by the weekend’" doesn't trump society's right to believe that fraud is a sin.
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