Most people won’t even catch the subtle difference. Obama and Hillary Clinton have recently begun to say we have “freedom of worship” instead of “freedom of religion”.
Americans no longer understand enough about “freedom” to catch all this implies. Freedom of religion covers all aspects of how we may choose to conduct our life based on our religious convictions: how we dress, what we eat, whether we serve in the military, what days are “holy”, what laws we will protest against and even disobey (abortion for example)… even if we will say the Pledge of Allegiance to the very country that grants us the freedom NOT to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Most importantly, it is the freedom to evangelize, proselytize and influence others… trying to convince them to believe and practice what we believe. Freedom of religion is the freedom to LIVE out our religion without interference from Government.
Of course this has become muddied and confused by the thousands of “religions” people come up with based on nothing but their own whims and fantasies. But it’s still a real freedom.
Freedom of worship
Would someone tell me what “freedom of worship” or “freedom to worship” is?
On every level this is a much NARROWER “freedom” implying at most, I guess, the ability to privately or maybe even corporately “worship”… which is what? People getting together to practice some form of “spirituality” or honoring of some “deity” or religious idea. I don’t see where it is much more than that.
Folks, this President vowed to fundamentally change America. He’s already done it on several levels making America increasingly a nation about “the government” rather than about “the people”.
It is NO ACCIDENT that he (and Hillary Clinton) are now using this new phrase, “freedom to worship”. It is also an appeasement to our enemies in other countries who allow NO FREEDOM OF RELIGION but do allow “freedom of worship” (as long as it is the worship they dictate; a truth most notably apparent in Islamic countries… or the freedom to worship as long as it is kept to yourself and you don’t influence others).
One law at a time. One crisis at a time. One phrase at a time. One word at a time.
America is being fundamentally changed and few Americans will look up from the electronic screen or be distracted from their pursuit of “SELF” long enough to even notice.
Freedom of Worship?
by admin on July 18, 2010
Most people won’t even catch the subtle difference. Obama and Hillary Clinton have recently begun to say we have “freedom of worship” instead of “freedom of religion”.
Americans no longer understand enough about “freedom” to catch all this implies. Freedom of religion covers all aspects of how we may choose to conduct our life based on our religious convictions: how we dress, what we eat, whether we serve in the military, what days are “holy”, what laws we will protest against and even disobey (abortion for example)… even if we will say the Pledge of Allegiance to the very country that grants us the freedom NOT to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Most importantly, it is the freedom to evangelize, proselytize and influence others… trying to convince them to believe and practice what we believe. Freedom of religion is the freedom to LIVE out our religion without interference from Government.
Of course this has become muddied and confused by the thousands of “religions” people come up with based on nothing but their own whims and fantasies. But it’s still a real freedom.
Freedom of worship
Would someone tell me what “freedom of worship” or “freedom to worship” is?
On every level this is a much NARROWER “freedom” implying at most, I guess, the ability to privately or maybe even corporately “worship”… which is what? People getting together to practice some form of “spirituality” or honoring of some “deity” or religious idea. I don’t see where it is much more than that.
Folks, this President vowed to fundamentally change America. He’s already done it on several levels making America increasingly a nation about “the government” rather than about “the people”.
It is NO ACCIDENT that he (and Hillary Clinton) are now using this new phrase, “freedom to worship”. It is also an appeasement to our enemies in other countries who allow NO FREEDOM OF RELIGION but do allow “freedom of worship” (as long as it is the worship they dictate; a truth most notably apparent in Islamic countries… or the freedom to worship as long as it is kept to yourself and you don’t influence others).
One law at a time. One crisis at a time. One phrase at a time. One word at a time.
America is being fundamentally changed and few Americans will look up from the electronic screen or be distracted from their pursuit of “SELF” long enough to even notice.