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Originally Posted by pbradley
Religion should be a private matter.
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edit: I misquoted pbradley here, so to anyone who thinks religion should be a private matter:
Why?
Why should religion, or politics, or philosophy, or scientific views, or national identity, or anything else, be a private matter?
Why should people have the right to stop me, or you, stating who we are?
Why can we all not have the freedom to state what we are, defend that position if necessary, and then tolerate (and maybe question) the position of others?
And, especially, why do I keep reading that people should keep religion to themselves, even when it promotes kindness and tolerance, yet see aggressive and abusive anti-religious statements go without comment?
And in the case of Christianity, whether anyone likes it or not, it's not really possible to keep it to oneself. We are told to spread the word, either by word itself or by living a life that is a god example to others.
In what way is anyone entitled to run around insisting that people keep their thoughts peivate?