2013年6月7日 星期五

How I wish...

How I wish one day each religion needs to be registered in each country so it becomes lawful.

To register the religion has to declare it respects religious tolerance and religious freedom.

So people are free to follow the faith or to quit.

Religions and sects that do not accept the principle of religious tolerance cannot be registered and will not be allowed to recruit members or tolerated.

Tolerance works both ways.

You have to respect others, so others can respect you.

2013年6月4日 星期二

Religious Freedom and the Free Spirit

Civilized societies all espouse religious freedom.  Unfortunately for mankind, some societies do not espouse religious freedom.  Adherents of some religions persecute members of other religions, which are not allowed to take converts from their religions, or rather, their own members are not allowed to convert to other religions. 

Despite their intolerance, they are allowed to thrive in societies that respect religious freedom.  Herein lies the great dilemma for civilized societies:  should they treat them the same as other more peaceful religions, or should they discriminate against them?  To be consistent and honest, they must not discriminate.  But then they will have to accept the one-sided growth of the intolerant religions.