Could you please clarify the difference? I'm serious. All I can find is that freedom from religion is utter secularism with religion relegated to private places. Is that it?
Freedom from religion means that no religion can impose itself on people who choose not to follow it. Nothing more, nothing less.
For me that would include any state/government support/endorsement of religion. Tax money going to support a faith is an imposition. Public figures using government established authority to promote a religion is an imposition. Any legal favour of one faith over another is an imposition1.
Public displays of religion are fine, but when it's private citizens practising by choice.
Note that this is about favouring religious groups. Writing laws to promote or ban actions that may have a religious basis should be judged on the (secular) value of those actions, not any knee-jerk response to the religious aspects.
Yes.
Freedom of religion is the freedom to believe what one wants, including nothing.
That can't happen without freedom from religion, namely other people's. This is a reciprocal obligation which means you buzz off and don't bother other people too....
Alright everyone, let's make a law, and have it be ALLLL about religion, whose religion should we use:
[Everyone raises their hand immediately and says], "Mine."
Problem: they all clash. Some people's religions think dancing is immoral, others alcohol, whatever. Can't work together can they
This is why you can't legislate morality, because all religions and various denominations/sects clash, period. Much as some people love to say, "there is only one God," that's kind of offensive to all the other religions out there isn't it? It sort of implies that there's isn't real and yours is. Aren't you a special snowflake and aren't they shit.... It's OKl if you want to think that but to expect others to and especially with the whole bullshit "War on Christmas," thing.... Shut up and say happy holidays.... You're not the only one whose religion is valid.
I find this especially stupid when assholes try to "correct" people who work at retail stores when they say "Happy Holidays" by saying "You mean Merry Christmas."
No.... That person just works there and they do what they're told by their boss if they want to keep their job. They have been told what to say, just like they've been told to stand there, smile and nod, while putting up with your bullshit as they slowly die inside from it.
Freedom of religion means freedom from religion. It's the only way it works.
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