France's Freedom Of Religion

Many challenges were put towards the church in 1789 during the outbreak of the French revolution, it was a turning point that ultimately changed and shaped the church. France had a population of approximately 28 million, almost entirely catholic and the church had immense power. Before the revolution the country was divided into 3 groups or estates, which divided many people. This all changed very quickly and so did the church, as it faced persecution and massive challenges, which later reformed the Catholic church establishing its place presently.

There has been much debate lately about freedom of religion in the United States. Numerous people tend to believe that it is their freedom to force their religious beliefs upon anyone and everyone. Now, do not get me wrong, I love religion and have studied most of this worlds religious beliefs. However, I do not believe that freedom of religion means what some are so prone to believe it means.

From the beginning the United States of America was formed, it has been founded and established by religious toleration and freedom. Without religious freedom, people are forced to comply with laws and policies that blatantly contradict their beliefs. This results in people living their lives in a struggle between their personal beliefs and obeying the laws that are placed before them. Obviously upholding personal convictions is very important, but people are forced to decide if it is personally worth the persecutions they may endure in result of it. Freedom of religion is considered to be a basic human right. Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance” (Leiter, p. 6). However, there are many countries throughout the world that are actively engaging in religious persecution daily. Roger Trigg, author of Equality, Freedom, and Religion, states that “without the ability to decide, and live by, what we consider to be most important and valuable in life, we cannot be free” (Trigg, p. 153).

This article explains the path America has taken to becoming a place where religious freedom may be declining. As the government transforms, it ignores more and more of the very rules America was founded on. The government is the first historical development America has experienced. Secondly, religion and liberty are not as closely associated with one another as they used to be. The original beliefs on marriage have recently been contradicted. The author questions whether America is pushing its values to the side or if the government is the only one to blame. Lastly, America’s ideas of religious freedom are changing around us. It can no longer be called “religious freedom”, but only referred to as “freedom of worship.”

Life in France during the Seventeenth Century was volatile in that there were many changes to the central ideology of society. Focusing on the time immediately before and during King Louis XIV’s reign, intellectual curiosity peaked. People began to wonder about the world and even questioned religion. Right before King Louis XIV was officially crowned, Europe was just coming out of the Thirty Years war. This war occurred in the Holy Roman Empire between 1618 and 1648 and was a war between the Catholics and the Protestants (Wilson). Although the war didn’t occur directly in France it definitely had an impact on the way France would be ruled since it was a Catholic nation (Damerow 2009). As a direct result of the closer examination of religion,

The people of France yearned for freedoms that were not controlled by the Catholic Church of France. Philospophes understood the tight control that the monarchy and the church held over its own citizens and fought for religious tolerance in order to bring unity to France. Leading thinkers of this religious Enlightenment sought a “reasonable” faith that was answerable to contemporary science and philosophy, and not grounded merely on dogmatic authority, pure emotion or fascination with the miraculous.

When America adopted the term Freedom, as far back as the country’s founding. To how we as a nation obtained freedom and the patriots who had to fight several wars in order to continue to possess it. As citizens and members of a society, we are extremely fortunate to have several different types of freedoms. Although this is a good thing in some cases, there comes to a point where too much freedom can be dangerous because there would essentially be no protection for the people. To prevent this from happening, we give up particular freedoms and swap it for safety. The freedoms that are most important to me are religion, economic, education, and gun control. With that being said, there should be the same “restriction” on each of the freedoms, no acts of violence will be condoned.

The French are all about preserving their culture and being individualized. They often take great pride in the French products and the French style, and believe in keeping the French culture “pure” so they also limit the amount of foreign goods that are being imported. But during the World Wars the French began to allow foreigners to immigrate into France to take jobs due to an increase in job shortages. The immigration from the World Wars added to the diversity of the French culture. Ever since the 1850’s there has been a steady flow of immigration into France, and now nine percent of the French population is made up of immigrants (Gofen 62). The break down of the cultures in France is eighty-five percent of the French population is Roman

proportion is Protestant. During the period of New France, Roman Catholicism was the official religion,

As citizens of the United States, we have certain unalienable rights that were set by the framers of our country back when our nation’s government was just forming. Among these is the First Amendment to the Constitution that includes the freedom of religion for all who reside in and call this country their own. The First Amendment is meant to give rights to the people that the government cannot limit or take away. These rights serve to protect and help us in times of need, and the freedom of religion that the United States provides has given security to members of all religious backgrounds coming from other countries where this freedom is not among the rights given to their people. People all over the world have sought refuge in

The United States as well as France both experienced dramatic economic and social hardships, which eventually led to revolution. As the French people pushed to overthrow the absolute monarchy established many years ago, America fought for independence from Great Britain, resulting in new understandings of liberty and new rights.

In this is paper I’m going to tell you about the religious freedom we have in America and how it’s uniquely American. There are many reason we have religious freedom in America, One being that it’s a law. I’m going to tell who wrote the bill of rights that made religious freedom a law and why they wrote it. I’ll tell you about the people who fight in war just to make sure we have this freedom among other freedoms. I’ll talk about how America is one place where we have a choose an say in our religion. I’m going to tell about the religions you can choose to be for example Christian.

When America was a established, the founding fathers did not want to establish an official religion like Britain did with Anglican. There was two reasons for this: one because there were so many religions and large communities in all of them that is was hard to pick one to represent the all of them, and two they did not want America to be like the old world where an establish religion will cause other religions to be prosecuted. Religious freedom has been protect since then by the first amendment so that on top of being free to say and think whatever you so choose, you are also free to practice and believe whichever religion you so choose. Religious freedom and the many immigrants that come to America creates the foundation for why there are so many religions in America.

This prompt is about the first amendment of the freedom of religions and how important it is and how it differs. Also, how we think of freedom of religions and about imposing limitations to the beliefs of a person. A current issue that has happened is for Christian students on campus. In its over-100-year history, the University of California Hastings College of Law has denied student organization status to only one group, the Christian Legal Society, because it required its leaders to be Christian and to abstain from sexual activity outside of marriage.

Fellow students and promonate leader. I am a devout Christian teen, and I want to talk about the religious freedom in America. Although I am a Christian, I speak for all religious groups when I say this speech. In today’s world from listening to the news, it appears that the freedom of religion is in jeopardy. Freedom seems to be slipping through the fingers of many Americans. Religion is not just overlooked nowadays, but used as a tool to discriminate others. To first understand my points, you must acknowledge the proper history of America.