Do you agree "that the USA is the only country in the world that you have freedom of religion"............
967755
no  I do not agree have you heard of canada buddy
784204
Very good question. I expect to be bashed for it but here it goes anyway.\n\nThere is no plan, no idea, no twinkling idea in our eyes of taking God, Jesus, Vishnu, Buddha, or anything else away from anyone. We only want the government to be neutral towards any religious views. Most of us are religious, and we respect and honor anyone's point of view.\n\nWe have no plan to remove churches, stop anyone from praying, remove bibles, religious displays, etc... on private property. We do object to overt religious displays that only show one religious point of view - on government property.\n\nMany of us are afraid that our personal religious convictions will be swamped in a government that promotes one religion over another, which is why the founders made the wall of separation between church and state. \n\nNow wait. Before you jump to conclusions about this, please consider the reasons the founders did this. At the time it was written, the constitution was designed to prevent the religious wars that had destroyed Europe several times over, because each nation had it's own official religion, and people get very passionate about their religious views, sometimes to the point of craziness. Witness the terrorists today. \n\nThe founders were close to England, some were born there, and most went to school there. The Church of England was the official religion and most of them didn't want the same kind of oppression the English practiced against non-members. It just made sense to them to create a government that wouldn't have those kinds of problems. \n\nSo to tie it all together, we don't hate or dislike any religion. We just want to practice ours, and you practice yours without having to have any problems with each other. It really is no more than that.\n\nThanks for the great question, please don't hesitate to post more like this. We want to clear this up as much as you do.\n\nAdd: I went back and read your question again. Honestly, there is no locomotive. Please don't take it that way. If you feel threatened by us I apologize. We are all americans, and if you've read my posts here you know I feel very strongly about our great country and what it stands for. Freedom. That we share equally, and I want to make sure we agree on that first. We disagree about Iraq, we disagree about how to fight the terrorists. None of us want to see any more american lives lost to them. We just disagree about how to do it. I hope you understand we would fight together with you if anyone came here to destroy or hurt us.\n\nAdd2: We share exactly the same fear. Neither of us want our faiths, or our right to freely practice them disturbed in any way. We both wholeheartedly believe the real danger could come from the government. That is why I hope we agree it should not be in government at all. I think the balance is delicate between the government staying out, but at the same time not disturbing our right to freely practice our faiths. The line is a grey area, and we may occasionally clash over where it is exactly. I sincerely believe it is in both of our best interests to respect that grey area and tread lightly. Agreed?
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Please explain this some more...? If by "our country" you mean the USA, then it was not founded on Christian beliefs. You must remember, Europeans started to take the risk and come here to escape religious persecution. This country was founded on the belief that a person is free to choose whatever religion they want (if any religion at all) and the other freedoms that are needed in order to be a real person and not just some drone that is told what to do.
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You do make a good point.  I am from the USA and it makes me sick how my country thinks it can export democracy and tell all the other countries in the world how to run themselves.  I think the USA needs to first fix the beam in its own eye in order to better help fix the motes in the eyes of others.
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No, I do not think it is right at all. Obviously you're talking about the Middle East. You know what America's interference in the Middle East reminds me of? What our forefathers did to the natives...we forced our religion and way of life down their throats and slaughtered all those who didn't comply. And you have to wonder whether or not they were the lucky ones, considering the survivors got disease and alcoholism back for their troubles (I know, that's a generalization, but anyone who knows their history can't deny it!). America- meaning the government- needs to realize once and for all that the rest of the world does not want to be American, or else they would have adopted American culture/system/religion in the first place. I believe that of all the atrocities the Bush administration have committed, treating Muslims like the indians of the 21st Century could very well be the worst.\n\nAnd all these people who are saying America doesn't force religion are way off. What the hell do you think all these Christian aid workers are doing? They're not just handing out aid and comfort- they're handing out bibles as well. I'm a very lapsed Catholic myself, but it drives me nuts when I see people portraying Christianity as completely innocent and perfect. No religion is perfect, nor is any one superior to the others...they're all based on the same myths and legends, people.
436612
You can compare 'The United States' with other countries (don't forget that 'America' is one of two continents), and you can compare 'religion in The United States' to 'religion in other countries', but you can't report on 'the difference between America [sic] and other countries [sic] religion' because they aren't the same thing.
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Yes, but I don't think it is due to a lack of religion or the devil walking in our midst. In fact it should not have anything to do with religion as there should be a seperation of church and state. Which is not to insinuate that there is anything wrong with religion except that our goverment attempts to limit the power of factions for domestic security. I could care less what people do in their private lives it doesn't carry over to the public arena. I don't agree with the motives to follow but the US could fall as our economy is a source of security. Since WWII we have been economically dominant yet, our economic superpower is waning as various economies around the world are becoming stronger and challenging America. America will become more desperate to try and keep its self secure on many fronts therefore becoming overextended.
1076858
I agree with you.  I consider myself a Christian, and I say this with as much respect as possible: it doesn't really matter what God's opinion is on the subject because the Constitution guarantees everyone's right to religious freedom.  That includes Jews, Muslims, Baptists, Atheists, and yes, GAY PEOPLE.  I live my life according to God's law, but that does not give me the right to tell someone else how to live.
751659
People in the United States are free to convert to Islam if they so wish. Many have.  Or not if they don't.  Thats the point of freedom of religion.
930112
i agree the best country in the world is the usa
1117607
This is my view.. if non-citizens are detained on the basis of religion, race, or national origin, then that simply means that the US is not living up to there their stance that it is a free country. I would agree for every right for religion, and that the US should not be biased against a place where you are from, or the colour of your skin. Whats important is that the person is not a murderer, and the person stick to the law, and that person contributes accordingly to the development of the country. In other words, the detaining due to those conditions is prejudice, and thus absolutely unfair.
1096903
Yes!  Ofcourse it is!  FREEDOM.....Happy Birthday USA!  I am fortunate to be an American and proud of it!  So celebrate it!
437443
America? Seriously? go tell an Iranian to talk bad against his country and see what happens. America? arrogant? hmmmmm.....did you read the headlines last week when in afghanistan a man that once belived in Islam converted to Chrisitianity was put on trial with a possible death sentance? He was going to be killed for beliveing in the religion of his choice!!!!!! Yet in this God awful and arrogant self obsessed county of ours this same man can believe in anything he wants and still not be persacuted (sic). yeah, america is arrogant. give me a break. believe in who you want is our stupid arrogant freedom. america is so dumb for letting say what you want. it sucks so bad that we are not oppressed by any single religion or faith. it is just so freaking horrible that we can turn on the tv or radio and listen the crap that we want to. yeah, this country is arrogant and I am damned proud that my best friend died at my side giving you the the right to say that this country is self obsessed.
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You are quite right. Denmark is indeed one of the best examples for true freedom, democracy and a positive community. Long may it last!\n\nMany Americans do indeed believe that they are the most free and liberal nation on the planet, but they believe a lot of other strange and incorrect things as well. And since only 18% of the US population ever travel abroad, the majority has never any chance to compare their own situation with that elsewhere. It is rather sad.\nYou are also right to assume that the roots for this goes back to the rigid Puritan values on which the USA were founded. Strict protestant bigotry, freemasonry, greed and violence are the four traditional pillars of American society. In recent times Puritan influence, which was predominantly pacifist and isolationist, has been replaced by militant fundamentalist Bible-bashers who are in contrast aggressive by nature and very active warmongers.\nThey have hijacked the White House and meanwhile taken over most of the USA, and in the process reduced the freedom of the ordinary people even further. If things continue as they are now, the USA will be one huge concentration camp, controlled by a small group of dangerous fanatics.\n\nI am so glad to live in Europe, where there are proper laws, a democratic system and plenty of freedom.
352220
As the "self appointed" ruler of the universe,the U.S. government feels that the total annialation of a people is strictly their privlige.Only ONE "GOD" per planet PLEASE!
803070
Yes. Everytime someone says America is a "Christian nation", everytime I'm forced to say the Pledge of Allegiance in school, everytime I listen to our incompetent president say "God Bless America". People are also surprisingly intolerant of atheists, saying really random, irrelevant things.
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I grew up in the US, I now live in South Korea...believe me, the media here doesn't try to block liberal views as the US does.  Congress is not passing laws that allow for taking away of some freedoms (i.e. patriot act) that is being done here in the US.  It's funny people that never traveled talk all this smack about how only the US is the only free nation in the world.  Lot of places I have gone to is free.  Don't believe the US media hype machine that makes it sound like only the US is the only free nation in the world.