there are many countries and many government available in the world.\ni believe being religious in some are hard and in some is easy because the government tries to preach religious cultures.\nWhats ur opinion....does it make sense?\n~peace over peace!
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It can be very difficult to practice a religion different than a country's state religion or predominant religion. For example, as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, we could not teach Muslims because of the repercussions they could have if they joined another religion and decided to return to their home country. I knew a man from Bangladesh that wanted to find out more about our religion. We wanted to teach him but could not because he was Muslim.
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Perhaps. But the government only recognizes so many religions. Otherwise people might start doing terrible things in their religion's name... oops, wait... bit late for that. Really, though, unless the government decides to recognize cubianity as a legitimate religion you don't have a leg to stand on. If they did you might be able to get away with it.
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The most simple answer is the oft mis-interpreted separation of \nchurch and state.\n\n\nYou don't want religious influence on the government, you wont let religion be represented in government, but you'll take tax dollars from them?
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I quite agree with your laissez-faire attitude. i think some athiests have a "bees in their bonnets" and no real respect for others' beliefs. And they form quite a vociferous lobby in the USA at the moment.\n\nBut I think the boot is generally on the other foot. Even fairly secular states like the UK or Denmark are officially Christian, and in the Moslem world, forget it! If you don't pay lip-service to their belief structure you will have quite a few problems.
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It is easier to send a man into battle if he feels God is on his side and will resurrect him.  The terriorists believe 70 virgins awaited them in heaven.\nTell, a man this life is all there is!  Would he be willing to sacrifice his moment in the sun for something you told him you felt strongly about.  Tell him god will reward him and off he goes.  So yes, Governments use religion to get people to fight in wars.  Always has, always will.  Why because it works.
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You know you are in tiled to your belief that is why are country is free for you to post such a remark. But this is the land of the free Created by GOD. The United States allows you to have this freedom and that freedom comes from Jesus Christ our savior and KING!...   In other country's the religion you abide by will kill a man for believing other things. Now is that a merciful God a loving God ? I hope you finally come to the truth and give your life over to Jesus Christ so you are spared on judgment.\n\nGod Bless you..
540750
It's like saying "I never let religion get in the way of my faith."\n\nWhen you formalize things, set down rules, and introduce bureaucracy, it takes away from the true experience.
260005
I think many believe in their religions entirely, they are just very good at rationalizing their own departures from religious laws because, like all human beings, they put themselves before others. Moreover, that fact that all they have to do in some cases is ask for forgiveness or perform some act of repentence makes it that much easier for them to sin and still claim to be a believer. It doesn't help matters that in many cases, scripture is confusing or contradictory, giving people of faith the opportunity to classify certain behaviors as an exception to the rules, or allowing them to argue against certain laws by citing other scripture that seems to differ.
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As it is in life, different religions cannot live in harmony. I personally belong to no religion, and find it easy to tollerate and co-exist with people of other religions. Maybe this is a lesson the children of the future need to be taught.
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DESPITE. While many claim we are a Christain nation, there have been many advancements that had nothing to do with religion. If anything, religon has held us back from becoming a greater spiritual nation...spirituality is way different from religion which is manmade.
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I believe it comes from a lack of understanding others.  People tend to hate that which they cannot understand.  Combine that with spiritual insecurity and it leads them to try to convince others that their path is the only righteous way towards God.  People speaking of religious tolerance have it all wrong.  To say that you tolerate someone else's religion means that you have pasted judgment on them.  This is something only God can do.  In the end, each person would be a better off if they lead by example and found the place that best allows them to worship and work on their relationship with God.
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they don't.  countries fight over power, over money, and over resources.  those who direct the fighting, who actually cause the wars, don't care about religion.  religion is just a convenient excuse for them to stir up hate and bigotry, which NO religion condones.
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Religions don't have to struggle that much. They find it easy enough to share their stories, and with every group you speak to probably about half of them will listen to the stories, and half of that half will probably believe the stories.\n\nIts not difficult to share the stories, its just that most people simply want everyone to believe what they believe because they think its true so everyone else should!!
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To me, the one line answer to describe the role of government is to take care of the people. (That's very general, I realize, but I needed one line to encompass a wide area.) The role of religion, if it really even has something you could call a role, for me would be to give people comfort.
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You are comparing a theocratic state and secular states. In United States, push from Christian groups are there to teach Christianity in schools. However, US laws strictly separates the church and the state. Any fedaral funded school or institution cannot teach religion - they can teach it from a cultural aspect but not the religious texts directly. The biggest thing is that the west has gone through dark ages and renaissance where people started empowering themselves. It has not happened in any third world country. Reforms and chages are put on people who are not reformed. That is why culture, religion and state are in a mess.
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It's one of the United State's most fundamental issues to protect each individual's freedom of religion.  Of course our government has no right to have any say in religion whatsoever (unless the religion requires others to be harmed like it said above).  It is even more important to note that its a FREEDOM of religion.  It should not be encouraged or discouraged.  Many politicians today quote biblical phrases and speak of their beliefs according to how government should be applied.  This is wrong, because there are those who do not believe in Christianity.  We have to remember the basis of this country.  The puritans came over here in the first place to escape religious persecution!
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Personally I think that is becuase people don't truely understand tolerance or if they do, they are not willing to take tolerance to it's logical conculsion. For if they were really tolerant it means they will have to put the needs/desires/wants of other before thier own needs/desires/wants. And while we would all agree that sounds nice and should be the norm. Not many people are will to truely do so.\n\nAs for war, if it wasn't religion inciting war, man will find something else to fight about. It all boils down to simple selfishiness on the part of humanity.