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| Headcrab Zombie:
--- Quote from: Master Matthew² on May 16, 2017, 11:18:42 AM ---When it threatens the values of freedom --- End quote --- Every religion wants everyone to follow it's values. So before you say a religion should be banned for "threatening freedom" I would look at how much of a driving force Christianity has been in fighting against many civil rights movements. Also, the act of banning a religion would in itself be a threat to freedom, as we (at least in the US) have a constitutional right to follow whatever religion we want --- Quote from: Master Matthew² on May 16, 2017, 11:18:42 AM ---When it threatens the values of freedom and lives of a country and it's people and is an all around incompatible religion. --- End quote --- And what point do you determine that it's the religion, as opposed to a minority group of it's followers, that is the threat? How do you specifically and objectively define "incompatible" in this context? --- Quote from: SeventhSandwich on May 16, 2017, 11:28:39 AM ---How would that even be possible? The government can't know what's in people's heads. At least until we all start wearing neural implants and the NSA gets in. --- End quote --- This is another thing to address. Even if there was a moral (and legal) reason to ban a religion, there's no feasible way to do so. You can make legislation to ban some specific practices (like polygamy, for example) but there's no way to ban a belief |
| Steve5451²:
No religion should be banned. If they have illegal practices then let the law take care of it. |
| TristanLuigi:
Religious practices should never take precedence over secular law, which means you shouldn't get religious exemptions for anything you'd otherwise have to do. This might mean certain religious actions might be banned, like a teacher promoting prayer, or a female Muslim that normally wears a having to remove a burqa for a driver's license. Of course, beliefs themselves shouldn't be banned. That's ridiculous. |
| otto-san:
never. true freedom of speech and expression can never exist if you allow a state to decide which ideas and beliefs are acceptable, and this includes restricting beliefs as well as promoting some above others. |
| Nonnel:
Never. If they are actively doing something illegal, then arrest the people doing it. There is no reason to generalize an entire religion. |
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