Religion has to be a choice within a family environment alone

by smiddy 2 Replies latest social current

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  smiddy

  What do you think ,Would this not eradicate many of the religous controversties in the world if something like this was not only proposed but enforced ,say by the UN ? It would not be easy of course and it would take some time in implementing it,but I feel the time has come for a change to eradicate religous intolerance.

  Religion is a personal choice ,keep it that way , It should not be used to divide people,and it is used that way in many religions, albeit many cult religions

  Cult religions should not be aloud to flourish in society ,and they do so in the guise of freedom of religion , to the detriment of countless of lives,lives that are shattered and destroyed in the name of religous freedom

  It is time this abuse ended

  smiddy
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  smiddy

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  lost1

  Religion is very much a personal choice or it should be. I am not and never been even though I had relatives/friends who are/have been jw, born again, christians, muslims to name a few and some evenings the discussion does turn to religion and how they feel it has affected their upbringing, life etc. I have always had an open mind and ask questions but one thing that always comes up is if your parents/grandparents were brought up in a certain faith then you can sometimes feel pressured into that religion. The "bf" was born in and knows nothing else and so was all his family and no doubt there will be another generation knowing little else. I firmly believe in freedom of choice and this is where I find it so sad that choices are taken away from you even at an early age to "follow the crowd". I have also learnt loads from this forum to which i shall always be grateful. I have made my choice with my religion or lack of it and know the "bf" will almost certainly never leave but maybe having a few months of tasting freedom and seeing that there is a whole world out here which is not all evil maybe just maybe he will see the light. I can hope but feel for us it will be too late. That is what I find so sad that his choices are taken away.