Religious Freedom In America

After being persecuted for what they believed in, the puritans left England to practice their religion freely. I believe the first settlers did achieve their “Dream” of religious freedom after leaving England. After breaking away from their mother country, most of the puritans settled in New England. They wanted to improve human civilization through religion. The Puritans did not believe any other religion or way of living was correct so they were disliked by many and according to John Winthrop, “true Christians are of one body in Christ” (John Winthrop, A Modell of Christian Charity). They believed their way of living was the best.

The freedom of religion is important to us because it lets us learn our religion freely so we don't have to worry about the country saying. “We are going to only have the religion of the church of England.” or something like that. “ In some instances, they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the ruins of the Civil authority; in many instances, they have been seen upholding the thrones of political tyranny; in no instance have they been the guardians of the liberties of the people.”(THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE: A CHECK ON RELIGIOUS TYRANNY) This talks about how different religions were getting spiritual tyranny. The people didn't have liberties and were forced to follow one religion or they would’ve been criticised. “For him, America was not a “Christian nation,” but rather should recognize the equality of all believers, whether “Jews, Turks, Pagans [or] Christians.” “Government should protect every man in thinking and speak freely, and see that one does not abuse another.” He proposed an amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution in 1794 because of the “evils . . .

The freedom of religion has been essential since the day colonists began to flee from Great Britain to America. America was, and is, a place they could come and be free of persecution for what they believe. Unfortunately, over the course of history,

In the land of the free, when you believe in something you fight for it. America would not have prospered if

America today is permeated with natural law. Our founders were subscribers to natural law and believed that man’s inner morality can lead to sustaining a civil society. The forefathers of America were from different denominations that ranged from Presbyterian to Catholism. Some were even Deists. Even though their denominations varied, they all united under the idea that their Creator was the source of their reason (Levin 2009, 26). The result of these beliefs produced a religious liberty throughout the country. That liberty still stands today. Natural law, contrary to the thoughts of its non-supporters, does not make a country into a theocracy. Since God’s laws are universal, the creed of a person does not change the fact that they entitled to their God-given rights. The founders were extremely foresighted because they acknowledged that liberty is inseparable from religious liberty (Levin 2009, 29). Another example of how natural law is in America’s founding is the right for citizens to disobey man-made laws that tyrannical in nature. All laws that are not given by the consent of the governed have the potential to be overthrown. America’s Declaration of Independence even says that the people should go as far as overthrowing the government if it becomes too powerful (Levin

The Founders of our great country considered that freedom of religion was essential for the success of our government. With the freedom of religion, it comes with the opportunity for religious diversity. This means that citizens may be able to believe whatever they desire, whether it is Christianity, Islam, Judaism, or any religion. According to Elisha Williams, once the right of religious freedom is removed it is viewed as the first domino to fall in the chain reaction. “If that falls, so will the other freedoms,” says Williams. People rely on their religion for several life choices, so the right to

Freedom of religion has been a right guaranteed to individuals in society. However, it is ultimately just an idea put in place that is disregarded as something insignificant. The workplaces of many people choose to deny employees the right to express their religion freely, for fear it may leave a bad image for the company. It is apparent that freedom of religion is not a strong right as many people may have originally thought it was. The limits of this right have been tested for decades and continue to be an issue for people today. Freedom of religion may go on to exist as a right in society, but when investigating deeper into this privilege, it is evident that it is merely an idea taken for granted.

The founding of the New World gave the religiously oppressed people hope to exercise their religious dreams. The non-stop conflicts in Europe between the Church and Protestants led many people to flee from their home countries. Among the first settlers on the New World were the Protestants which were chased by the government in their countries. In the 18th century the religious conflicts led the founders to make the First Amendment in the American Constitution. The Amendment states that the U.S. government wouldn’t have a state-supported church as Britain did. (Wills 58) Today even though religious oppression seems like an ancient problem, it still exists. The U.S. country has

Contrarily, forcing society to follow a religion leads individuals to oppression. Religion reflects one’s ideals and beliefs. Society cannot be peer-pressured into religion; it holds a more spiritual value. When forced into a religion, some may begrudgingly accept the religious values; others may fight to defend their beliefs opposed to society’s. Powerful passion towards religion leads to protests, wars, and other acts of violence.

There are many people all over the world with many different religions or no religion at all, but that does not mean that individuals who believe in a different religion deserve to be treated any differently than everyone else. For example, if a couple wanted to adopt a child from an adoption agency in Texas, they would not be allowed to if they were single, gay, or of a different religion than the people who worked at the adoption agency. This is a scenario based on a law that lawmakers in Texas possibly could be passing that would “allow adoption agencies to turn away potential parents they find objectionable on religious grounds” which is not fair to these individuals who are looking to adopt (Rehbein, Matt, CNN). Religions are growing all around the world and denying people things just because they believe something different than someone else, will get the world nowhere. Many people do not believe in the same thing as their next door neighbor, best friend, teacher, and many more people in their life but that does not mean they should treat them any differently than the way they would like to be treated

America was born out of revolution, a revolution to rid the states of an overpowering sovereign from a country where they had no representation. Therefore when writing the constitution the Founding Fathers were careful to avoid a strong centralised monarchical state that they felt would restrict the rights of the people of the United States to practice their religion and cultures freely. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances" [1] This clearly states that there shall be no religious persecution, or any type of institution set up to restrict religion in the United States. America was and is supposed to be a society where everyone is equal no matter what his or her religion on social status

In the four largest religions in the world, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism, they all have at least three elements in common: presence of a leader, rituals, and organization. This, however, is not limited to solely the four religions mentioned above and are present in most religions around the world. In George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Party in power, Ingsoc, ironically presents a forced religion praising themselves and Big Brother while they also enforce a secular society. With Big Brother being the centre of the “religion,” the Party forces the society to carry on their rituals and traditions

It can be very difficult to be religious in the modern world as people have such strong opinions these days and you can be excluded from communities just for your beliefs. However, in history you could be killed for your religion. Although this still happens, it is a lot scarcer and is illegal.

Have you ever been to a religious country that claims to also respect all the rights of its citizens? It is impossible for a country to allow everyone to be free and also follow the religious teachings that are so highly respected by the country. Now religion is not necessarily a bad thing, it does bring a lot of good ideas to the table, including bringing the mentality of self-worth to its followers, but by allowing one religion to rule over other religions, what would then be the point of other religions? Not to mention that if one religion was in charge of a country, it will undoubtfully ban the other religions, which once again not respect the rights of the citizens who aren’t apart of that religion. Not to mention

We get it, not everything is perfect when it comes to religions, but with this kind of dynamic one can be confused, along the way, with all the unexplainable things we watch on the news every day. It gets scary. We have so much freedom, but yet we don’t know what to do with it. The bible tells us concerning freedom in 1 Corinthians 6:12: “I have the right to do anything,” you say—but not everything is beneficial. “I have the right to do anything”—but I will not be mastered by anything”, which clearly stipulates that all is good on earth but we shouldn’t abuse of it.