"No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction
until the state is indifferent to every form
of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism."
by:
Harold J. Laski
(1893-1950) British political theorist, economist, author, and lecturer
Source:
Grammar of Politics, 1925
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That the U.S. was SPECIFICALLY founded to uphold principles such as this, but still isn't culturally mature enough to fully grasp the idea is nothing short of tragic.
 -- XaurreauX, New York, NY, USA     
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    how does this have to do with the Bible?
     -- Mystery     
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    Mystery, This quote isn't supposed to be about the Bible.
     -- Anonymous     
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     -- Anonymous      
     -- Dmitriy, Knoxville      
     -- jim k, Austin      

    I agree to a point.  A "religious outlook" implies no coercion, merely a point of view.  When that point of view dictates actions that violate the inalienable rights of others, it is not just an "outlook," it is a form of law, placing priests and clerics above the common people and the common law.  The Islamification of many Western cities is essentially colonization with their own theocracy governing the people — death penalties for violations against 'Islam' are commonplace.  This is not just an outlook, and therefore cannot just be tolerated without direct conflict with the American principles enshrined by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.


     -- E Archer, NYC     
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    Originally, this nation was to be a jurisdiction of nature's laws (Declaration of Independence). The occupying statist theocracy now infesting this land mandates enslavement according to government (gods) ecclesiastical dogmas (does not recognize or allow such "law"). Religions that may compete for doctrinal life styles foreign to the occupying statist theocracy are not allowed. Law is a body of absolutes (science, math, etc.) and applies equally to all individuals. Religion is an observation of ethics, morals and other abstracts that may or may not be in compliance to / with nature's law. There is minimized freedom of religion when other than pure justice is used as the standard (pure justice is ONLY applicable to nature's law).
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    We will find that our search for substantialism will lead us little time for the insubstantial. Atheism is not a religion. It is a principled formulation of no supernatural phenomena. Religion should be treated as a mental disorder. Science entails the search for order.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Sillik 🤣🤣🤣, lolololol — hahahaha; what? ? ? Except for the reality of your imbecilic word salad, it is really hard to believe that an air breathing creature could make such a statement. You had to dig deep into your personal dictionary for mentally ill children to come up with those fallacious meanings.

    By definition, "atheism" in and of itself is not a religion. When atheism is acted upon by ethical or moral reasoning or principled formulations it becomes a religion. Christianity, in and of itself is not a religion. It is when the teachings of the historical Jesus are interacted with or implemented by ethical or moral means does Christianity become a religion.

    Sillik, acting in your god syndrome, spouting religious dogma antithetical to science is a good argument for authenticating your mental disorder. 😁
     -- Mike, Norwalk     
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    You're right, Mike, Norwalk, I should clearly state that any practice of any religion should be treated as a mental disorder.  I don't have a god syndrome Mike, I just practice the natural human scientific inclination of gathering and deducing from the available clues provided a logical explanation for our environmental circumstances. I don't have a mental disorder, I just don't have the sufficient data to be correct at all times. You just keep trying. And although all the conventional folks claim all my conclusions, not the wrong ones of course , the conventional individual tells me basically nothing, if they can help it.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Fred, your mental acuity is obviously disordered.  It is plain to see.
     -- E Archer, NYC     
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    Mr Archer, I've found the conventional predatorial individual incapable of anything other than self describing projection. The unconventional being however, due to their sincere natural curious inclination, observe quite competent.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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    Mr Archer, a contributing factor of the conventional individual not able to describe or observe anything else then themselves is due largely to their huge inclination to watch and spy on their prey. A complete disconnection from awareness for the whole of the environment.  The honest gentleman of integrity has no need to spy. He knows what's in your heart, because he has a heart.  The socially inclined gentleman is one with the universe and does not prey, he cultivates.
     -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown     
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